Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them] to science • 11 months ago[CW: close up bug face] What is the function of the weird ribbed noses on the front of a cicadas face?NSFWimagemessage-square16 fedilinkarrow-up149file-text
arrow-up149image[CW: close up bug face] What is the function of the weird ribbed noses on the front of a cicadas face?NSFWDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them] to science • 11 months agomessage-square16 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
I don't suppose we have any entomologist's here? Don't judge me. These are the things I think about when insomnia strikes.
minus-squarePosadas [he/him, they/them]hexbear12·11 months agoMaybe more surface area = more good for sensors? link
minus-squarecame_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear6·edit-211 months agomaybe? even though i know a little about cicadas (i'm in Brood X territory) you could honestly tell me the three simple eyes in the center of the head can shoot laser beams, and i would be like, "yeah, ok, makes sense." arthropods are wack af to me. link
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Maybe more surface area = more good for sensors?
maybe? even though i know a little about cicadas (i'm in Brood X territory) you could honestly tell me the three simple eyes in the center of the head can shoot laser beams, and i would be like, "yeah, ok, makes sense." arthropods are wack af to me.