I am honestly. SO MAD that the caterpillar is winning the bug race. Guys he is facing the WRONG WAY
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I think we’ve learned this week is that no one would love you if you were a worm
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I'm actually so unbelievably pissed I didn't get to vote on that dumb bug race poll, I literally just updated tumblr
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CONTENDER 1: SNAKEFLY!
Snakeflies (order Raphidioptera) experienced a diversity peak in the Cretaceous, and have since declined to only around 260 species worldwide. Snakeflies are holometabolous and go through a complete metamorphosis from larva to adult, and the larval stage (seen below) can last up to six years in extended cases. They are terrestrial carnivores and predate smaller arthropods, such as aphids. The most prominent feature of the snakefly is the elongated prothorax or "neck", which gives the group the long, sinuous appearance that has led to their name.
CONTENDER 2: PERIODICAL CICADA!
"Periodical cicada" is a term used to refer to any species within the genus Magicicada (family Cicadidae), which contains the 13- and 17-year cicada species of North America. The periodical cicada spends a large portion of its life (13 or 17 years, depending on population/brood) underground as a nymph, before emerging in massive numbers in spring and early summer to mate and, subsequently, die. During that time, there may be millions of individuals, with a collective biomass of up to or over half a metric ton. Male cicadas use auditory organs called tymbals (seen below) to call to mates, and the combined sound can be between 90 and 100 decibels.
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For my entire life everyone I’ve ever been around only calls them locusts and I didn’t know the “correct” name was cicada until like 2 years ago
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we turned your worm gf into really cute earrings sorry :/
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tumblr users asking "would you still love me if I was a worm" well they didn't even love the actual worm so what does that say
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i need you guys to understand that when i was five, my mom took me to the zoo to see the stickbugs but we got there JUST as the bug house was locking up, and i cried and i sobbed so FUCKING hard that the zookeeper opened it back up just for me. he let me hold one. so the story goes. and of course, being five at the time, i have no memory of this incident other than what my mom tells me, but i need you all to know that these are my fucking babies and without them there is no light in the world. you are literally killing my childhood delight and innocence right in front of me. evil. fucked up and evil.
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