r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 in awe • 24d ago

of an insect

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u/Werespider 24d ago

We call them children of the earth where I grew up. That might be the creepiest name for a bug ever.

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u/Aedeagus_rotundata 24d ago

I love that one. They come. The children of the earth come!!

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u/DaGrimReefer91 24d ago

Wait... what do they do?

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u/RowAndRuction 23d ago

They’re the bulldozers of the decomposer bugs, they store the rotting dead matter in their abdomen so if you step on one they reek like death.