Comment on beetle battles

perishthethought@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• chloroken@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  No, in fact beetles have complicated mandibles. Flies generally have simpler fused mouthparts. I studied entomology and have no clue what this comic is even saying. Maybe a joke about stingers?

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  • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t think it’s focusing on only mandibles as weapons

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    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The problem is that they clearly think the outgrown mandibles are equivalent to that.

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  • koper@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    As someone who knows nothing about entomology, it reminded me of this one beetle with a comically large pointy bit. I think it’s called a hercules beetle.

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• nailbar@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  First thing that came to mind is the bombardier beetle, which shoot chemicals from their butts.

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