Messofanego
Banned
First, if you're on Facebook and haven't joined the "I fucking love science" page, do so. Second, I'll be kind and won't show the insect first.
It's got a beak like a bird, and a tail like a scorpion (male-exclusive). Fear not, it doesn't sting. The tail isn't a weapon, it's just used to hold the female in place while mating. Females don't have the scorpion tail.
Found throughout the UK! In hedgerows and nettle beds. Their food is dead insects that they steal from spider's webs!
What's cooler is, they offer a tribute of their saliva as a gift to the female like roses/chocolate for humans, to avoid getting murdered.
http://www.uksafari.com/scorpionfly.htm
http://www.amentsoc.org/insects/fact-files/orders/mecoptera.html
Male:
Female:
The Sex:
They were featured in The Mist:
So what's your favorite insect? Mine's the praying mantis.
It's got a beak like a bird, and a tail like a scorpion (male-exclusive). Fear not, it doesn't sting. The tail isn't a weapon, it's just used to hold the female in place while mating. Females don't have the scorpion tail.
Found throughout the UK! In hedgerows and nettle beds. Their food is dead insects that they steal from spider's webs!
What's cooler is, they offer a tribute of their saliva as a gift to the female like roses/chocolate for humans, to avoid getting murdered.
http://www.uksafari.com/scorpionfly.htm
http://www.amentsoc.org/insects/fact-files/orders/mecoptera.html
Male:
Female:
The Sex:
They were featured in The Mist:
So what's your favorite insect? Mine's the praying mantis.
