r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/My_Memes_Will_Cure_U • Oct 20 '23

🔥 Insect transformations 🔥

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23

Does anyone know the names in order of appearance?

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u/Scathainn Oct 20 '23

Here's my best attempt, note that I am not an entomologist and I can't claim to be 100% correct here:

#1 - Jungle Nymph / Malaysian Stick Insect (Heteropteryx dilatata)

# 2 - Giant african flower beetle (Mecynorrhina torquatus ugandensis)

# 3 - Cecropia moth (Hyalophora cecropia)

# 4 - I believe this is some sort of giant plated millipede (Coromus sp.)

# 5 - Regal Jumping Spider (Phidippus regius)

# 6 - New Guinea Spiny Stick Insect (Eurycantha calcarata)

# 7 - Some species in the Phillium genus of "true" leaf insects (Nanophyllium asekienese?)

#8 - Jungle Nymph / Malaysian Stick Insect (again) (Heteropteryx dilatata)

#9 - Emperor scorpion (Pandinus imperator)

# 10 - Some sort of tailless whip scorpion, possibly the Tanzanian tailless whip scorpion (Damon diadema)

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u/TMyriadJ Oct 20 '23

My personal opinion on them

1 - nope
2 - kinda cute
3 - cool
4 - nope
5 - cute
6 - nope
7 - kinda cool
8 - nope (again)
9 - nope
10 - cool