• Saeveo@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    On the Giant Water Bug (bottom left) they aren’t even mouthparts, those are it’s first pair of legs.

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      7 hours ago

      isn’t that technically how it works for all arthropods? Anything vaguely limb-like is in fact a heavily derived leg, including antennae.