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OffTempo
09/05/20 9:19:31 PM
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Do praying mantis have wings? Idk man I was walking over to my mailbox and I saw a big ass bug rustling in the bushes. I didn't want to get to close but it looked like a mantis. It was green black and brown and it had wings, never seen a bug like that before. Anyone know what it was?

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MabusIncarnate
09/05/20 9:20:09 PM
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Yes they do fly

@dolomedes

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OffTempo
09/05/20 9:22:25 PM
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They fly? Awww helll no! I didn't even know there were mantis in Cali!

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Smackems
09/05/20 9:23:31 PM
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Dolomedes is your guy. I literally have him tagged as Bug Dude

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sabin017
09/05/20 9:25:06 PM
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They have wings but limited flying ability.

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09/05/20 9:27:31 PM
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OffTempo
09/05/20 9:27:50 PM
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I think it was stuck or something because it was sticking out of the bush flapping its wings and that was the weirdest thing I saw and was really confused on what bug it was. Didn't know they had wings. With the wings out they look A LOT bigger.

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09/05/20 9:29:02 PM
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OffTempo
09/05/20 9:33:20 PM
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DP3 posted...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=H-P6EolKb90
This song was actually good

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Coloradough
09/05/20 9:39:59 PM
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All insects have wings, it's one of their defining features

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viewmaster_pi
09/05/20 9:43:49 PM
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Coloradough posted...
All insects have wings, it's one of their defining features
not all

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ThyCorndog
09/05/20 9:45:23 PM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
not all
I guess theres... fleas?

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Coloradough
09/05/20 9:45:57 PM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
not all
Very few do not, and of those their ancestors did.
Ant drones don't have wings, but queens and reproductive members of the hive do

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Smackems
09/05/20 9:46:22 PM
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Coloradough posted...
All insects have wings, it's one of their defining features
What about the ones that don't

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OffTempo
09/05/20 9:46:41 PM
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Ants have wings... WHY!?

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ThyCorndog
09/05/20 9:47:11 PM
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OffTempo posted...
Ants have wings... WHY!?
the regular worker ones don't but lots of other ones do

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Coloradough
09/05/20 9:47:37 PM
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Smackems posted...
What about the ones that don't

Hair is a defining feature of mammals, but not all mammals have hair

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AlisLandale
09/05/20 9:47:42 PM
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OffTempo posted...
They fly?

They fly now.

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Tyranthraxus
09/05/20 9:48:31 PM
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OffTempo posted...
Ants have wings... WHY!?

Only the breeders have wings and they shed them after mating. It's the only way for an ant queen to actually get anywhere to form a new colony without shitting on other ant territories.

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OffTempo
09/05/20 9:48:51 PM
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I'm just glad spiders and shit dont have wings. Now that would be really bad.

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ThyCorndog
09/05/20 9:49:21 PM
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ViewtifulGrave
09/05/20 9:49:33 PM
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AlisLandale posted...
They fly now.
They fly now.

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OffTempo
09/05/20 9:49:40 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
Only the breeders have wings and they shed them after mating. It's the only way for an ant queen to actually get anywhere to form a new colony without shitting on other ant territories.
So breeder ants fly the queen around?

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Tyranthraxus
09/05/20 9:49:57 PM
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Coloradough posted...
Hair is a defining feature of mammals, but not all mammals have hair

Hair isn't a defining feature of mammals. The defining features of mammals are warm blood, air breathing, and milk producing. Plenty of mammals like the naked mole rat have no hair.

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viewmaster_pi
09/05/20 9:50:07 PM
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Coloradough posted...
Very few do not

Many groups of insects do not have wings
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingless_insect

the first ones i thought of were gladiators, though
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantophasmatidae

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Tyranthraxus
09/05/20 9:50:38 PM
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OffTempo posted...
So breeder ants fly the queen around?
No the queen is a breeder herself. Or at least was a breeder before becoming a queen.

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OffTempo
09/05/20 9:52:20 PM
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What do centipedes count as then? They don't have wings wright <_<

I'm confident they don't otherwise they wouldn't need all those legs, theres also no way wings would carry around their fat asses

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OffTempo
09/05/20 9:53:21 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
No the queen is a breeder herself. Or at least was a breeder before becoming a queen.
So female ants are breeder ants? I thought there was only one female ant in a colony and that was the queen?

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Coloradough
09/05/20 9:53:26 PM
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OffTempo posted...
What do centipedes count as then? They don't have wings wright <_<

I'm confident they don't otherwise they wouldn't need all those legs, theres also no way wings would carry around their fat asses

Centipedes and millipedes are not insects or arachnids, they're Myriapods

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viewmaster_pi
09/05/20 9:53:56 PM
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OffTempo posted...
What do centipedes count as then?
centipedes aren't insects, i guess they'd be called chilopods

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Smackems
09/05/20 9:54:44 PM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
centipedes aren't insects, i guess they'd be called chilopods
I myself have been known as a chill-opod

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OffTempo
09/05/20 9:56:10 PM
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so whats the overarching term for bugs and insects and whatever the other kinds are then?

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Tyranthraxus
09/05/20 9:57:34 PM
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OffTempo posted...
so whats the overarching term for bugs and insects and whatever the other kinds are then?
Arthropods should cover any "creepy crawly buzzy flying" thing including spiders.

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Tyranthraxus
09/05/20 9:58:48 PM
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OffTempo posted...
So female ants are breeder ants? I thought there was only one female ant in a colony and that was the queen?

There's lots of female ants but most never go on to mate and are functionally sterile.

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Coloradough
09/05/20 9:59:16 PM
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The other arthropod ("bugs") groups are sea spiders, springtails, and crustaceans (and arachnids, insects, Myriapods)

Rolly pollies are crustaceans like crabs, for example

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viewmaster_pi
09/05/20 10:00:32 PM
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i wish sea scorpions were still around

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OffTempo
09/05/20 10:02:19 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
There's lots of female ants but most never go on to mate and are functionally sterile.
Whys that? Wouldn't it make more sense to you know have them do the do and get more ant babies?
viewmaster_pi posted...
sea scorpions
I'm sorry WHAT

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viewmaster_pi
09/05/20 10:03:49 PM
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OffTempo posted...
I'm sorry WHAT
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaekelopterus

8 feet long, lol

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Tyranthraxus
09/05/20 10:04:31 PM
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OffTempo posted...
Whys that? Wouldn't it make more sense to you know have them do the do and get more ant babies?

The short answer is the reproduction strategy of ants does not work if every female ant can lay eggs so only a few females become breeders. When they reach sexual maturity, they fly away, find mate, shed their wings and start a new colony as a queen.

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OffTempo
09/05/20 10:06:27 PM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaekelopterus

8 feet long, lol
The restoration picture they posted makes them look "not that bad" but then I remembered they're 8 feet long and live in the ocean and probably don't look as friendly if they existed.

Dude fuck the ocean, that place is scary as hell. I recently learned the angle fish from Finding Nemo are like 3 feet long

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OffTempo
09/05/20 10:07:41 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
The short answer is the reproduction strategy of ants does not work if every female ant can lay eggs so only a few females become breeders. When they reach sexual maturity, they fly away, find mate, shed their wings and start a new colony as a queen.
So kinda like lions then. The male cubs get kicked out and they find their own pride to take over.

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dave_is_slick
09/05/20 10:07:43 PM
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OffTempo posted...
Ants have wings... WHY!?
Did you not see A Bug's Life?

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viewmaster_pi
09/05/20 10:08:41 PM
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fun illustration

fish: O:

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Tyranthraxus
09/05/20 10:11:21 PM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
fun illustration

fish: O:


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OffTempo
09/05/20 10:11:22 PM
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dave_is_slick posted...
Did you not see A Bug's Life?
Between A Bug's Life, The Bee Movie and Ant Bully I honestly don't remember that much about any of them

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OffTempo
09/05/20 10:12:08 PM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
fun illustration

fish: O:
fuck the ocean

Tyranthraxus posted...
this is sad :(

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YugiNoob
09/05/20 10:26:47 PM
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That reminded me of this Gordon Ramsay video. Doesn't it look like the lobster knows its fate? Fuck I forgot to put the link lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIL29JPXWzE&t=374s

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OffTempo
09/05/20 10:30:12 PM
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Timestamp?

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YugiNoob
09/05/20 10:30:59 PM
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6:14

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YugiNoob
09/05/20 10:32:35 PM
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Wait what the fuck? When I just paste the URL it goes to the proper time but when I click it here it goes to 5:42 <_<

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