I wonder why this one’s antennae are curled. Most pictures show them straight.
Glowworm
Submitted 10 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Classy@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
casmael@lemm.ee 10 months ago
What a lovely fellow he’s waving at you :3
idunnololz@lemmy.world 10 months ago
He’s gay
Anticorp@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Chemicals in the grass turning our fricken beetles gay!
MuffinHeeler@aussie.zone 10 months ago
I’d feel happy with those on my head too
boogetyboo@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Might not be a live specimen
doc_dish@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Or one that’s just emerged from its pupa(?)
Disclaimer: I know nothing about the lifecycle of glow worms
atocci@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Tim Burton is the most Glowworm Beetle director I’ve ever seen.
dmention7@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Anyone else do a double-take at that thumbnail while quickly scrolling?
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Alrighty then, carry on
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Oh good it’s not just me. I was worried I would have to bonk myself.
Anyways…bonk
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
As I said in another reply, two words… threadbare merkin.
dmention7@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Threadbare Merkin would be an excellent band name!
RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 10 months ago
I opened expecting something else, not going to lie. But it’s a nice little bug.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Just got her lashes did.
betahack@lemmy.world 10 months ago
…that thumbnail was very misleading
psud@aussie.zone 10 months ago
I’m failing to see whatever it is you see, though I clicked through to the full size picture before looking at the thumbnail, so my view of the thumbnail was influenced by having seen the full size picture
oce@jlai.lu 10 months ago
Dalvoron@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I don’t have thumbnails set on my phone so I only ever saw the full image. That said, I looked at it without my glasses with my arm outstretched and I’m going to guess they saw either buttcrack or titcleft
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
A threadbare merkin
Damage@feddit.it 10 months ago
It’s gotta have great reception
mayo_cider@hexbear.net 10 months ago
Best 5G reception on the block
umbrella@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
[deleted]SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Increased surface area. Only male glowworms metamorphose into adult forms and they use their feathery antennae to track females down by their pheromones. Increased antenna surface area helps them pick up those pheromones.
niktemadur@lemmy.world 10 months ago
More specifically - this is the most Helena Bonham Carter in a Tim Burton movie… etc
Etterra@lemmy.world 10 months ago
When you hear radio playing at night and you wake up and see this.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Or Dr. Seuss.
gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
dont get dimmer
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
What does it do with them?
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Besides be all like
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fossilesque@mander.xyz 10 months ago
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2ugly2live@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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