(Sorry if this was a joke that went over my head and not an earnest question)
Afaik its a strategy to scare off predators. The general idea goes like… predators dont want to get stung --> predators less likely to eat wasps --> fly pretends to be wasp --> predator less likely to eat fly for fear of being stung. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimicry here is a Wikipedia page if you feel like reading a much better longer description written by people who know a whole shitload more about biology than I do.
FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus
on 10 Sep 15:40
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Oh that makes sense. Thanks.
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca
on 10 Sep 16:04
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“You’re not supposed to be here!”
“You neither”
*knife splits entire scene*
“…and it IS cake!!”
but the cake isn’t edible
I’m pretty sure none of those cakes are.
I’m a bot
When a spider that’s white eats a big flower fly, that’s amore.
When you’ve had too much wine, that’s ammoorree.
They’re dudes playing the dude, disguised as another dude!
that’s amoreeee
Why is the fly masquerading as a wasp? I’m curious.
He doesn’t feel safe in his own skin
Plot twist, they’re actually terrifying predators and he’s wearing a wasp’s skin
(Sorry if this was a joke that went over my head and not an earnest question)
Afaik its a strategy to scare off predators. The general idea goes like… predators dont want to get stung --> predators less likely to eat wasps --> fly pretends to be wasp --> predator less likely to eat fly for fear of being stung. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimicry here is a Wikipedia page if you feel like reading a much better longer description written by people who know a whole shitload more about biology than I do.
Oh that makes sense. Thanks.
Crab spider and hover fly for those curious
Hover flies are pretty cool to watch. I get them a lot on the flowers of my luffa.
Luffa deeznuts!
I’m sorry, I don’t know what came over me, I apologise, it will happen again.
Spider giving Borderlands vibes
Dat cell shading 👌
Borderlands is actually not cel shaded. It uses outlines and comic-like textures but regular shading.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cel_shading
I see what you mean. It just feels pedantic saying it.
The flower is actually fungi.
The cameraman was actually two goats in a trench coat.
The meme watcher wants to dress in rainbow thigh high socks but actually they might not know it yet.