@Remittancegirl ooh, gorgeous shape and colours

@biped808 the uncertainty about weather is so stressful. All the best, hope you are all safe.

@NunavutBirder the sun!

@akamran oh wow! great work! Nice design.
@NorcalGma2

@CiaraNi oof. That is a big change.

The first year I moved to this city it snowed which is an extremely rare occurance. All the students were outside in the snow. I asked a colleague if she'd be taking her young daughter out in the snow flakes later. Sje laughed and said 'Im from Finland. It needs to get to four feet before I get excited about snow.'

@ShaulaEvans oh wait! I do have a fav fact. Cicadas are associated with the atua Rehua. His particular sphere of interest is kindness, enjoyment, entertainment. He is the star Antares, and he has two wives who are the stars Alniyat and Tau Scorpii. In the sky they are at the points of a v- shape. Antares rises in the morning during summer. Cicadas appear in summer. One of the cicadas has three dots on its head in the shape of Rehua and his wives.

Okay, so perhaps more indigenous knowledge than a bug fact.

@ShaulaEvans not a specific bug fact but i love that nz can vote on bug of the year (closes 16 feb this year). https://bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/vote-here-2026/