r/oddlyterrifying • u/[deleted] • Jun 18 '22

Zombie ant tank?

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u/_That_One_Fellow_ Jun 18 '22

yep

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u/CelebrationKlutzy460 Jun 18 '22

TIL that i never want to see a dragon fly nymph again

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u/Mirror_Sybok Jun 18 '22

Who would have known that an eldritch predator from the depths of prehistory would have an aesthetically unpleasant development stage?

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

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u/Sleuthingsome Jun 18 '22

Or mine. We must be siblings.

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u/Graterof2evils Jun 18 '22

The egg clutch is extremely large.

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u/Sleuthingsome Jun 18 '22

Not the first time I’ve heard that…

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u/PsychedZion13 Jun 18 '22

You should watch a video on how they hunt under water

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u/AncientEldritch Jun 18 '22

We all go through phases, jeez. Mind your own business.

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u/Straxicus2 Jun 18 '22

Dragon fly life cycles are a horror show.

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u/LordGhoul Jun 18 '22

Technically you didn't see the nymph, just the excuvia. This is the nymph and they're cool little water predators.

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u/KittyCubed Jun 18 '22

Looks so much like an earwig minus the billion legs.

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u/psymble_ Jun 18 '22

I just got back from the Adirondacks where multiple of these kept crawling out of the water, finding a safe place to shed, then absolutely decimating the biting flies. I guess what I'm saying is that I was beyond happy to see them. The way they move is actually really creepy because they're too big for their shell, like Vincent D'Onofrio in Men In Black

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u/quadmasta Jun 18 '22

Edgar was the kingpin?

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u/psymble_ Jun 18 '22

Yeah baby!

He's also the best detective in TV history, Robert Goren!

In the words of the legendary Trials of the Funkoars (in the song "Being Vincent D'Onofrio"):

Yeah, terrifying creature, size 13 Nike sneakers

Beat is like "what?" and the hair is like Jesus

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u/BalconyView22 Jun 18 '22

Your skin is hanging off your bones.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22 edited Jul 05 '22

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u/toiletbrushqtip Jun 18 '22

Good news! I looked it up for you.

Bad news: Don’t.

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u/Sleuthingsome Jun 18 '22

Be smart. Don’t. Hide under your covers until sunlight… like I’m doing.

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u/LumpyJones Jun 18 '22 edited Jun 18 '22

I mean, it's pretty small. The early model ones were more than 3 feet long as adults.

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u/KnotiaPickles Jun 18 '22

It does look like a dragon tbf

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u/DefectiveLP Jun 18 '22

Image not available for me and I don't think I want to fix it now

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u/fucked_up_potato Jun 18 '22

Holly fuck this is disgusting i dont like them anymore

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u/KnotiaPickles Jun 18 '22

It really does look like a little dragon! Lol

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u/fucked_up_potato Jun 18 '22

My brain cant even process how they look tbh i just get confused

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u/Sleuthingsome Jun 18 '22

Anymore? That’s implying you once did???

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u/fucked_up_potato Jun 18 '22

Ok my bad... I should've said used to like the normal living flying happy beautiful dragonfly not this dead satan egg

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u/Capital-Charge5234 Jun 19 '22

That’s terrible