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Let's talk about Japanese flowers!

>> No.3092450

why you use umbrella when it not rain?

>> No.3092461

>>3092450
It protect you from sun!

>> No.3092473

>>3092461
Isn't that a parasol?

>> No.3092475
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3092475

Do you like flowers?

>> No.3092469

>>3092450

It's actually a part of her body.

It absorbs sunlight.

>> No.3092477

This picture is warm and fuzzy.

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>>3092469

>> No.3092495

>>3092481
Such an obscene image, Jones.

Reported.

>> No.3092514

um..! um...!

>> No.3092541
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3092541

Flowers? I'm disappointed, /jp/. Let's talk about Japanese Bug Fights. What other insects would you have wanted to see? A large fly or assassin bug would've been cool.

There should've been a battle royale, too.

>> No.3092565

>>3092541
Hey, bug loving anon, I remember you. Post more cool bugs.

>> No.3092591

>>3092541
A bug pretending to be an orchid? That's role reversal for you.

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>>3092591
Well, there are also those plants who imitate flies and bees so well (complete with pheromones! ) that the insects attempt to court and mate with the flowers for hours.

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I like those guys. They don't sting, the "stinger" is actually their dick.

>> No.3092760

>>3092702
Do not want

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Strepsiptera would be an obscure genus if some females didn't lack vaginas. The male just drills into the female's body with its penis and releases its sperm there. The female does have a genital pore, but it's only used to release the larvae and not in actual copulation.

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Spider bat flies were presumably gained their name because the discoverer didn't have the guts to say "fuck me if I know what those are".

>> No.3092888
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This one is my personal favorite and why we can't have nice things. To quote Wikipedia:

>Upon sensing the vibrations emitted by a wood-boring host, the female wasp will drill her ovipositor into the substrate until it reaches the cavity wherein lies the host. She then injects an egg through the hollow tube into the body cavity. There the egg will hatch and the resulting larva will devour its host before emergence. How a female is able to drill with her ovipositor into solid wood is still somewhat of a mystery to science, though it has been found that there is metal (ionized manganese or zinc) in the extreme tip of some species' ovipositors. The adult insect, following pupation is faced with the problem of extricating itself from tunnels of its host. Fortunately, the high metal concentrations are not limited to the female's ovipositor as the mandibles of the adult are also hardened with metals and it uses these to chew itself out of the wood.

Summary: Those wasps have metal ovipositors and mandibles which can easily rip through wood or flesh. Stingers, by the way, evolved from ovipositors, so metal stingers aren't unthinkable.

Nature is evolving robot wasps.

>> No.3093050

>>3092770
>>3092817
>>3092888
That was interesting.

>> No.3093218

Please tell me more, insect anon. I find this fascinating.

>> No.3093268
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>>3093050
>>3093218
Huh, and I found myself not up to par. Thanks for your interest. I recommend Bogleech to those interested in odd animals, the author's prose far outdoes mine.

Related to antlions and no less vicious as larvae, lacewing eggs are laid on top of long threads in small groups lest the first hatcher would eat all its unborn siblings. The larvae feed mostly on aphids, draining them dry with their sucking mouthparts. Some species' larvae then stick dead husks of former victims to their backs for camoflauge.

The adults, for the most part, are also active hunters and a common sight in summer months.

Saging for non /jp/-related.

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3093288

Somewhat relate?

>>3093268
Thanks, I'll be sure to check it out. Don't underestimate your own style, though. You definitely piqued my interest.

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Not exactly an interesting species, but I had to share this one. Behold, the Kamehameha butterfly.

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Wasps and the sort often prey on spiders, but this fellow, Gasteracantha mammosa, has a way to turn the tides. Instead of building a web and waiting for prey to bumble along, this spider hunts exclusively by biting down its quarry. Encased in thick armor, it can easily capture bees and is unaffected by their stingers.

>> No.3093330

This thread will give me nightmares. Thanks /jp/.

>> No.3093337

>>3093320

That's badass.

>> No.3093361
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Speaking of spiders, tarantulas are capable of their impressive climbing feats because they can secrete webbing from not only their spinnerets, but also from their feet. While their poison is not dangerous to humans, they also tend to possess highly irritating bristles.

Pictured is a crab spider, interesting as the males have neotenic characteristics - that is, infantile traits in adult form.

>> No.3093419
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Most spiders don't enjoy company and may even cannibalize, but arthropods get larger as one nears the tropics and the spider webs can't catch up. The solution is up to about a thousand spiders teaming up to build gigantic webs that may span meters for certain species.

That's all fine and dandy, but a bunch of spiders in Lake Tawakoni State Park decided their web will reach the heavens. Thousands of spiders belonging to dozens of species gathered and eventually ended up with a monstrosity that spans 200 yards.

Spiders also engage in an activity called ballooning - a small spider uses its web to fly around. Some flies aren't satisfied with a small web, however, colonial spiders from genus Stegodyphus build great, triangular parachutes that may reach a meter, full of spiders waiting for wind to disperse them.

>> No.3093651

>>3093419
Ballooning sounds like such fun! I hope they enjoy it. I don't think spiders have adrenaline though, do they?

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FLOWERS YOU SAY?!

>> No.3093674

>>3093651
It's not really a pleasant thing, many of them die during it. It, however, is a good way to disperse the spiders across great distances.

Arthropod hormones generally regulate growth, I do not think they have an equilavent hormone that prepares the body to fight or flight.

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JAPANESE FLOWERS?!

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EAT! CONSUME!

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OMNOMNOMNOMNOM!

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3093757

FLOOOOWEEEERS!

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