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minus-squareHjalmar@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoCan they actually bite using those things or are there just there to look scary?
minus-squareSaeveo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 day agoOn the Giant Water Bug (bottom left) they aren’t even mouthparts, those are it’s first pair of legs.
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·32 minutes agoImagine some fishnets over those puppies
minus-squarethesporkeffect@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 hour agoYou should start a sexy bug leg/mouthparts community.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·12 hours agoisn’t that technically how it works for all arthropods? Anything vaguely limb-like is in fact a heavily derived leg, including antennae.
minus-squareSlatlun@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoThese are real, current legs. The front 2 of the insect norm of 6
minus-squaresouthsamurai@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 day agoAfaik, only the ant bites. The others use them for flinging opponents or grappling with them. Unlike me, I grapple so I can bite
Can they actually bite using those things or are there just there to look scary?
On the Giant Water Bug (bottom left) they aren’t even mouthparts, those are it’s first pair of legs.
That’s kinda hot
Imagine some fishnets over those puppies
You should start a sexy bug leg/mouthparts community.
isn’t that technically how it works for all arthropods? Anything vaguely limb-like is in fact a heavily derived leg, including antennae.
These are real, current legs. The front 2 of the insect norm of 6
Afaik, only the ant bites. The others use them for flinging opponents or grappling with them.
Unlike me, I grapple so I can bite