Post Apy6X9M22xZo1SgrWS by csaetre@techhub.social
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(DIR) Post #ApxGCRw6ZNY7xIN54i by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-10T23:49:14Z
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I just saw this image in a video about termites. The video was OK, clearly made by someone who likes termites but very thin on sources and no crediting for any of the images. This image seems impossible to me. There aren't any termites with wasp like faces like this are there? I know a few termites have larger eyes, but... this looks like an AI mash up. I tried to do a reverse image search?Found more monstrosities. Such as the second image which exterminators are using to scare people.
(DIR) Post #ApxGOMyop3oy3iKBP6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-10T23:51:30Z
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These things make me feel like I'm going crazy. I know I should just move on... but I keep thinking "but what if there is something like that?"
(DIR) Post #ApxGegX9tD0ZKzANn6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-10T23:54:27Z
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Yeah the antennae have scapes. Not a termite. Probably not an ant either.
(DIR) Post #ApxGlzosaFLdB7wQnw by CatDragon@mastodon.world
2025-01-10T23:55:43Z
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@futurebird this isn’t right.
(DIR) Post #ApxGn8WvgSB0U15bBQ by Nonya_Bidniss@infosec.exchange
2025-01-10T23:55:57Z
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@futurebird That 2nd one with the AdobeStock watermark has got to be AI. There's no way that's a real animal.
(DIR) Post #ApxGta2yI1szYw9K1Q by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-10T23:57:08Z
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@CatDragon It's making it MUCH harder for people to learn about insects! It's confusing and I'm so damn annoyed!
(DIR) Post #ApxGw6TyfMBGjrz5m4 by johnefrancis@cosocial.ca
2025-01-10T23:57:33Z
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@futurebird we have to go.back! Back to Primeval Meatloaf!
(DIR) Post #ApxGxOfmWJ9pRe7eHQ by justafrog@mstdn.social
2025-01-10T23:57:49Z
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@futurebird Kinda missing the pedipalps on the alleged termite.Lil leggy things attached near the mandibles.
(DIR) Post #ApxHklCtWlqLWT9IjA by CatDragon@mastodon.world
2025-01-11T00:06:43Z
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@futurebird I’m no expert but as I’m an avid gardener I’ve familiarized myself with mandibles to see what I have to worry about noshing on my veggies. I have yet to see anything with teeth.
(DIR) Post #ApxJbxJvJx7KOTMlF2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-11T00:27:34Z
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@PJ_Evans I have never seen anything like that. I've seen something close ... and that's why this stuff messes with me so much. Thaumatomyrmex as captured by @alexwild Check out more on this genera of ants here:https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Thaumatomyrmex
(DIR) Post #ApxJwMHAFLYDaEnv4C by justafrog@mstdn.social
2025-01-11T00:31:13Z
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@futurebird @PJ_Evans @alexwild They can fold their mandibles!This is adorable.
(DIR) Post #ApxK3vgD0vFvPj82iW by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
2025-01-11T00:32:36Z
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@futurebird Did they put an entire row of fangs on that?!?
(DIR) Post #ApxK5wRf8gtQMoHgtk by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-11T00:33:01Z
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@SKleefeld and "mean" eyebrows ... good lord
(DIR) Post #ApxKBK9oPD4TMAV9Rg by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
2025-01-11T00:33:54Z
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@futurebird Cripes, I didn't even notice the eyebrows!!
(DIR) Post #ApxLBn8ekmPpC8kPqq by brhfl@digipres.club
2025-01-11T00:45:14Z
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@futurebird yikes! it’s interesting on the second one the segmentation on the antennae seem completely mismatched… i wonder if things like that will be the hands/clock faces/manuals that we need to look out for in insect imagery 😕
(DIR) Post #Apy6X9M22xZo1SgrWS by csaetre@techhub.social
2025-01-11T09:35:43Z
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@futurebird Read! Thanks for this specificity. That you’ve used your domain expertise in this way is, I think, a key part of “The Everyday Fight against Platform Power” (Algorithms of Resistance).#expertise #science #factchecking #fakeimage