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[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 130 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Americans hate this one simple beetle!

[–] Draces@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago

Republicans

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 125 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Fun fact! This beetle is illegal in Florida.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Got dammit, when will they get these illegals out of here already?!?

/s

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago

so many invasive species in flordia.

[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 71 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Here's a super rare, cool, and interesting beetle!
*posts a super low quality image*

Here you go, since OP doesn't care about quality.

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[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Appreciate your images. But I don’t think that shade on OP was necessary lol.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 6 points 23 hours ago

The shade absolutely was necessary. This isn't reddit; have some standards.

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[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The one tagged "female" was just a bottom view and they both look similiar? Is that the joke?

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No there's no joke. It's the same beetle, top and bottom. Split down the middle to be genetically male and female

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ohh ohh damn lol. Posting two pictures was extremely confusing given "left" and "right"

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[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

To be fair, your images are full of jpeg artifacts. But at least they're higher res.

[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

That's why I didn't say anything about jpeg artifacts. Just low quality.

[–] raldone01@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Reminds me of something I drew a while back.

I screwed up the equal length of the mandibles from the reference image. They look very similar to this bettle though. The body texture and shape is not quite right though.

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[–] einlander@lemmy.world 61 points 2 days ago (14 children)

But there are only 2 genders, no in-between

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[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 33 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Thats the oldest looking baby I've ever seen

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

This looks like Turkish actor Mehmet Cerrahoglu, most famous for playing the villian in the horror movie Baskin. He is suffering from Gapo Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 13 points 2 days ago

"What do you want to drink, Kowalski?"

"MEAT!"

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

what does Paul Shaffer have to do with this?

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[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago

Obviously beetles aren't smart enough to comprehend 5th grade science.

[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago

They are turning the beetles Trans!!!!

[–] afronaut@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Inter-sects

[–] ZERONOVABLOSSOM@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Aganim@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Only one way to find out.

*Squish*

With this character's death, the threads of prophecy have been severed. You may load a saved game, or persist in this doomed world that you have created.

Yup..

[–] allywilson@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's really interestng. I assume it's the left photo from above and the right photo from below.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gynandromorphism

Genuinely an interesting mutation, it's weird that it's listed as happening in Rodents but not other mammals? Is that just a numbers thing I wonder?

[–] burgersc12@mander.xyz 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well, you can see where the legs connect on the right one, but not the left one, so yeah

Elon Musk’s least favorite beetle that isn’t named after Hitler

[–] owl@infosec.pub 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because women are always right.

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[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

That's a can opener beetle

It's the difference in eyes that messes with me.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] friendly_ghost@beehaw.org 7 points 1 day ago

As is usually the case, the left is very horny

[–] Doom@ttrpg.network 6 points 21 hours ago

I feel immensely awful for this guy

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 23 hours ago

It must be annoying having mandibles different length like that.

[–] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Look at you, in-in-insect!

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

A p-p-pathetic creature of protein and chitin.

[–] oxideseven@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

This is some Slaanesh shit!

[–] vane@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

So toilets are usually female - male but beetles are male - female to make circle - female symbol on toilet. Noted, from now on when I spot beetle I will compare it with toilet to figure out if it's male or female.

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

But which toilet does it use?!

[–] Alpha71@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago
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