Which beetle looks like a giraffe?
The Giraffe Wevil! It's insane that these exist. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe_weevil
this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2024
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Fine body like a construction crane.
Me when I meet a tall suitor
Majestic!
Weevils are very cool. I only recently became aware of them.
I'm just going to leave this here.
Why, pray, is the shortest watch called the "dog watch"? Because it's CUR-TAILED! Hah! I have you sir, you're dished!
Killick, Killick there! Light along with the Madiera!
The Aubrey-Maturin books are some of my dearest favorites, and the movie is great fun too.
There’s a beetle that secretes a burning / poisonous substance whenever it has sex and the female will gladly cover the eggs in said poison to deter predators from eating them.
This same poison (cantharidin) can be used topically to treat molluscum contagiosum bumps which is a very common virus that affects children for putting their hands absolutely on all dirty surfaces but also in grown adults in the form of a sexually transmitted disease.
Some places consider it an aphrodisiac but it’s just a poison. Don’t eat it.
Ok I won't, I'll just keep licking frogs for those intense psychedelic trips instead.
These godjaks or whatever are the best trend in a while I've seen over there
I always believed in You. But only for the bad things. I humbly and respectfully thank You for making the ways in which You work less mysterious.
Fireflies are beetles as well, perhaps even my favorite.
I'm too lazy to fact check this, so it must be true
I wish to hear more about this master plan of his.
I hear it involves giving cancer to little kids.
Anon caught some ennui off a Discworld novel
an inordinate fondness for beetles
Fucker made cockroaches and is probably proud because they are so resilient. This is a beatle planet that happens to have humans
Given that like 25% of all known species are beetles this seems to track
beetles would have had sentience first but they didnt eat the apple