miniature flying cat
Bee fly
Submitted 17 hours ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/c5320d70-708d-4d28-9054-65e9d455c4a6.jpeg
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IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 43 minutes ago
Zerush@lemmy.ml 14 hours ago
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 15 minutes ago
I want one as a stuffie
turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 13 hours ago
It’s cute but by the tilt of the eyes we know it’s evil
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 hours ago
More mischievous, I think.
NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
It looks like a felt art project! Yet another reason to conserve the rainforest
Draconic_NEO@mander.xyz 11 hours ago
They’re cuter than the bee fly.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
I thought Cutiefly is completely fictional, TIL.
turdas@suppo.fi 16 hours ago
The larval stages are predators or parasitoids of the eggs and larvae of other insects. The adult females usually deposit eggs in the vicinity of possible hosts, quite often in the burrows of beetles, wasps, or solitary bees.
Larvae live parasitically in the nests of various solitary bees and wasps.[2] When the fly larva locates a host larva, it will consume it slowly, greatly increasing in size as it tightly holds onto the host, eventually becoming a pupa and overwintering.[9]
haha yeah, adorable
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 19 minutes ago
Sounds like nature stuff idk. Is cute though.
ynthrepic@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
I mean we consider human babies adorable, and they can grow up do some pretty horrid things. Also cats.
fascicle@leminal.space 15 hours ago
I guess if human babies attached and ate a host slowly before getting huge we wouldn’t think of them as adorable. These flies are us in reverse, they start horrible then grow into teddy bears of the sky
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
we consider human babies adorable
Tbf, there’s a lot of people that don’t find babies cute
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 15 hours ago
They kinda look like adult botflies too lol. Why do the most horrific things grow up to be so cute?
RogueBanana@piefed.zip 9 hours ago
Me posing for a mugshot cutely after commiting horrific murder.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 hours ago
You could make the human reproductive process sound pretty gross, too. But then we get all horned up, and it sounds like a great idea!
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
Ladybug is adorbs, but they’re a demonkin if you’re something they eat.
Ophrys@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours ago
Look, if you decide to be a beetle, you know the risks!
I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 9 hours ago
Statistically speaking, you’re more likely to be a beetle than a human
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 8 hours ago
robber fly, its basically the fly version of dragonfly, they love to intercept mosquitos and other fly prey.
CatAssTrophy@safest.space 7 hours ago
Why would bat flies have no wings? Bats famously have wings!
ExperimentalGuy@programming.dev 7 hours ago
Who the fuck downvoted this
shweddy@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Cutiefly
VivianRixia@piefed.social 16 hours ago
I too, immediately yelled Cutiefly when I saw the pic. So that’s where it comes from. The real thing is just as adorable.
Meron35@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Inb4 Nintendo sues for copyright infringement
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
Humans: flies are so disgusting
God: lemme add a little bee in there
Humans: 0.0
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 16 hours ago
Bee flies? I sure hope it does!
Kefla@hexbear.net 15 hours ago
i dream of a world so safe the bee does not need to tire herself out with flight. hundreds of bees just happily strolling along blob-no-thoughts
FaceDeer@fedia.io 15 hours ago
In the lower right photo I can hear him yelling "wheee!"
Quokka@quokk.au 10 hours ago
I would’ve called them Fairbees.
altphoto@lemmy.today 11 hours ago
Maybe we can teach them to bee.
lurkerlady@hexbear.net 15 hours ago
insects with hair are my soft spot
btbt@hexbear.net 15 hours ago
I’ll take that advice any day of the week
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 15 hours ago
Oh. My. God.
JesusTheCarpenter@feddit.uk 1 hour ago
I still stand by my standard fluffy bumble bee! They love my lavender!