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Why I don't (yet) fear LLMs. My go to query, anywhere, is a question about an insect group I, and, for all intents and purposes, few others know anything about.

* Diapriidae are not Chalcidoidea
* Pteromalidae are not their sister group (no chalcid is, Maamingidae are)
* None of there referenced taxa are predatory or parasitic, they are parasitoids, a subtle but important ecological distinction.

Soooo, 100% wrong, and confidently so.

When it's the weekend and you're flipping through your archive of graduate work that feels like it's from another era...

IIRC I nervously presented this at some meeting for comic relief.

For reference diapriid wasps are best caught in yellow pan traps (YPTs), yellow party bowls, filled with water, and a little dish soap on top. This diapriid is one of the most bizarre, an ant myrmecophile from Africa. Probably fewer than 15 people have ever seen a specimen IRL.

#ants #Africa #insects

My mind is melting. What am I missing?! #Ruby