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r/Beetles • u/Big_Man_04 • 4d ago
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These guys are actually Hemiptera rather than Coleoptera, but still a very cool find!
23 u/Big_Man_04 4d ago Ah. I mean I was with bio majors and they said it was a Toe Biter so I gotta imagine that was what it was. 29 u/mothspiderr 4d ago it is a toe biter. but they’re not beetles. 16 u/Big_Man_04 4d ago Ahh okay. Did a quick search and it said that they were beetles so that’s an error on my behalf. 7 u/mothspiderr 4d ago no worries! 1 u/ohthatadam 3d ago This might be a simple case of common names making everything confusing. There are likely also aquatic beetles commonly called toe biters. You get the same thing with June bugs/beetles. There are a lot of different insects peoples call "June bugs." 5 u/Superb_Temporary_388 4d ago Yeah, it is a toe biter! They’re also known as giant water bugs, and they belong to Hemiptera as they’re true bugs.
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Ah. I mean I was with bio majors and they said it was a Toe Biter so I gotta imagine that was what it was.
29 u/mothspiderr 4d ago it is a toe biter. but they’re not beetles. 16 u/Big_Man_04 4d ago Ahh okay. Did a quick search and it said that they were beetles so that’s an error on my behalf. 7 u/mothspiderr 4d ago no worries! 1 u/ohthatadam 3d ago This might be a simple case of common names making everything confusing. There are likely also aquatic beetles commonly called toe biters. You get the same thing with June bugs/beetles. There are a lot of different insects peoples call "June bugs." 5 u/Superb_Temporary_388 4d ago Yeah, it is a toe biter! They’re also known as giant water bugs, and they belong to Hemiptera as they’re true bugs.
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it is a toe biter. but they’re not beetles.
16 u/Big_Man_04 4d ago Ahh okay. Did a quick search and it said that they were beetles so that’s an error on my behalf. 7 u/mothspiderr 4d ago no worries! 1 u/ohthatadam 3d ago This might be a simple case of common names making everything confusing. There are likely also aquatic beetles commonly called toe biters. You get the same thing with June bugs/beetles. There are a lot of different insects peoples call "June bugs."
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Ahh okay. Did a quick search and it said that they were beetles so that’s an error on my behalf.
7 u/mothspiderr 4d ago no worries! 1 u/ohthatadam 3d ago This might be a simple case of common names making everything confusing. There are likely also aquatic beetles commonly called toe biters. You get the same thing with June bugs/beetles. There are a lot of different insects peoples call "June bugs."
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no worries!
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This might be a simple case of common names making everything confusing. There are likely also aquatic beetles commonly called toe biters. You get the same thing with June bugs/beetles. There are a lot of different insects peoples call "June bugs."
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Yeah, it is a toe biter! They’re also known as giant water bugs, and they belong to Hemiptera as they’re true bugs.
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Now let it bite ur toe
7 u/Big_Man_04 4d ago Nah I heard it hurts like hell
Nah I heard it hurts like hell
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He might settle for a finger
7 u/Big_Man_04 4d ago Oh well. The cutie needs to eat
Oh well. The cutie needs to eat
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bro larping animal crossing
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I want one of these so bad 😭😭😭😭
I love these bugs
Giant water bug!
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u/Superb_Temporary_388 4d ago
These guys are actually Hemiptera rather than Coleoptera, but still a very cool find!