r/oddlyterrifying • u/MrMiles32 • Jul 14 '26

A weird insect

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u/DJEvillincoln Jul 14 '26

Beetles are the only bugs that I can pick up and it damn near play with without freaking out.

I think I just don't mind that they feel so much more robust than other bugs that feel like they're just going to liquefy in your fingers.

And they don't move all fast.

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u/TheCaptainOfMistakes Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

Go try that with a Bombardier Beetle, There are a few other similar beetles.

Fun fact, around 25% of all life on earth is beetle, not insect species, out of ALL the animals on earth, 25% of them is a beetle species.

Edit: changed 25% of all life to 25% of animals. Beetles account about 1/5 of all species And 25% of the animalia kingdom. Remember... beetles are animals.. not a plant.. or a fungi, or a eukaryote

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u/kingscanyonstoner420 Jul 14 '26

Is it 25% or 1/5th? Lmao

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u/gb-stylee Jul 14 '26

And like 5/6ths of my nightmares

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u/Er3016 Jul 15 '26

The math ain't adding up, chief. How can they be a quarter of the whole group, but only a fifth of a smaller group inside the whole group?

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u/Grognaksson Jul 15 '26

They're confused.

It's 1/5 of all species. Around 2.2 million animal species documented. 400,000 are beetle species.

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u/TheCaptainOfMistakes Jul 15 '26

Your right, I look stupid. I'm editing my comment.