• Hjalmar
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    38 hours ago

    Can they actually bite using those things or are there just there to look scary?

    • @Saeveo
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      35 hours ago

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

    • southsamurai
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      28 hours ago

      Afaik, only the ant bites. The others use them for flinging opponents or grappling with them.

      Unlike me, I grapple so I can bite