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@ater@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Today for #ArtAdventCalendar I have this power couple, the trilobite beetle (Platerodrilus sp). Females retain their larval form, just getting bigger and bigger, while males undergo regular metamorphosis. The females were first described (and poorly classified) in 1831, but it took nearly 100 years to figure out who or what the males were.

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Watercolor of two beetles. The male is small with yellow wings and squiggly antennae. The female is an enormous, armored worm, brown with bright orange highlights.
Watercolor of two beetles. The male is small with yellow wings and squiggly antennae. The female is an enormous, armored worm, brown with bright orange highlights.
Watercolor of two beetles. The male is small with yellow wings and squiggly antennae. The female is an enormous, armored worm, brown with bright orange highlights.
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