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[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 49 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm afraid it's not so shrimple

[–] jawa21@piefed.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 day ago

That forced me to groan. Take your upvote.

[–] r4venw@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 day ago

Sadly they ravage tomatoes and other nightshade while theyre caterpillars so people often kill them with impugnity. Probably contributes to why theyre not commonly seen.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

it's just a hummingbird moth Who's acting like a bird that thinks it's a bee

Now the moth defeats the mouse and man, it's messing with the plan, it can't be believed.

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 13 points 1 day ago

That’s a PokΓ©mon.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 points 1 day ago

More cute bugs pls

[–] froggycar360@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 day ago

First time I saw one of these in my garden I thought I was trippin

[–] LVLN@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] unknown@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago

Because shrimp is bugs

I would love to see a diagram of how its morphology changed through time and evolution, I bet it's wild

[–] slingstone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

If these are fairies, then are mantis shrimp like some Lovecraftian monstrosity from the arthropod Unseelie Court?

[–] LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org 6 points 1 day ago

Fun fact: in the northeast US and eastern Canada, you can support their entire life cycle by planting tomatoes and Monarda spp together!

[–] Townlately@feddit.nl 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sometimes a cutie is just a cutie, defying classification

[–] slingstone@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Like those damned jumping spiders. They freak me out, but I can't deny they're cute as hell.

[–] Townlately@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago

When they look at me with those big mirror eyes, I say "just take my house it's yours now"