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minus-squareHjalmar@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoCan they actually bite using those things or are there just there to look scary?
minus-squareSaeveo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·2 months agoOn the Giant Water Bug (bottom left) they aren’t even mouthparts, those are it’s first pair of legs.
minus-squarethesporkeffect@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoYou should start a sexy bug leg/mouthparts community.
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoImagine some fishnets over those puppies
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months 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-up5·2 months agoThese are real, current legs. The front 2 of the insect norm of 6
minus-squaresouthsamurai@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·2 months 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
You should start a sexy bug leg/mouthparts community.
Imagine some fishnets over those puppies
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