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cute bugs

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cute insects, bugs, arachnids, invertebrates, etc

post cute like tiny inchworms, fat bumblebees, and jumping spiders

can just title post "cute bug" if u want

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Sorry I accidentally deleted my last post. I appreciate the answers the two people gave.

This is some big larva I found and the head looks centipede-ish but the body is short and fat with less legs.

I went through my images and found an old photo of a beetle that was on my screen door. Maybe it's a larva for one of these?

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[–] obstbert@feddit.org 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That is the larvae of a some member of the Scarabaeoidea family.

Being German the first thing that comes to mind is the Cockchafer (Maikäfer).

The friend you have there looks like it could be a member of that family so it's possible that's the larva form. (But I'm no beetle expert)

[–] Flickerby@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hopefully the Cock Chafer doesn't get its name from its activity

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Last night there was a post about this. According to the post, at the time of naming "cock" was a word referring to size and "chafer" is the type of bug.

I did not fact check this, but it is an explanation I find preferable to the alternative.

edit: The name "cockchafer" derives from the late-17th-century usage of "cock" (in the sense of expressing size or vigour) + "chafer" which simply means an insect of this type, referring to its propensity for gnawing and damaging plants.

[–] obstbert@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

Maybe this guy could actually be a girl? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucanus_cervus the female looks somewhat close and the larva looks similar.