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minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down1·3 months agoI am ignorant in this field. If not an insect, what is it? [Serious question]
minus-squareSmoothLiquidation@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·3 months agoThese are part of their own family of invertebrates. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onychophora Insects are a specific family that have 6 legs. So a bee or an ant are insects but a spider or a rolls polly is not.
minus-squareClassylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·3 months ago Rolls polly https://reptanicalshop.com/cdn/shop/products/Gold_Metallic_Dangomushi_02_Reptanicals_500x.jpg?v=1675718197
minus-squared00ery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·edit-23 months agoIt’s a Pokémon [not a serious answer]
minus-squaresebsch@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoI can’t help with what it is, but I can say why it can’t be an insect. All insects have per definition exactly 6 legs.
minus-squareatyaz [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoBut don’t insect larvae sometimes look kind of like that
minus-squareBelly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoYeah. Caterpillars are moth/butterfly larvae, which are insects. I think ant and termite larva are similar (but stumpier).
minus-squareEvilsandwichman [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·edit-23 months agoMollusk probably (edit: snails and worms are mollusks)
minus-squarecourier8377 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoThey constitute their own phylum, Onychophora!
I am ignorant in this field. If not an insect, what is it? [Serious question]
These are part of their own family of invertebrates.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onychophora
Insects are a specific family that have 6 legs. So a bee or an ant are insects but a spider or a rolls polly is not.
https://reptanicalshop.com/cdn/shop/products/Gold_Metallic_Dangomushi_02_Reptanicals_500x.jpg?v=1675718197
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It’s a Pokémon [not a serious answer]
I can’t help with what it is, but I can say why it can’t be an insect. All insects have per definition exactly 6 legs.
But don’t insect larvae sometimes look kind of like that
Yeah. Caterpillars are moth/butterfly larvae, which are insects. I think ant and termite larva are similar (but stumpier).
Mollusk probably (edit: snails and worms are mollusks)
They constitute their own phylum, Onychophora!