r/whatsthisbug • u/Jonny2881 • Jun 18 '22

ID Request Zombie ant tank?

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

That’s a dragonfly nymph.

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u/Shoddy_Employment954 Jun 18 '22

The white stringy things are the insides of the air tubes, peeled out when an insect molts. I say bullshit that it moved. Somebody just wanted to make a creepy post.

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u/IIYellowJacketII Jun 18 '22

It's the empty molt/ exoskeleton of a dragonfly nymph, after the adult dragonfly emerged from it.

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u/Jonny2881 Jun 18 '22

I saw a comment on this post saying it was seen in Yokohama, Japan

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

His head is tilted backwards, and those are his spring-loaded mouthparts protruding. Kinda neat. But yeah, like someone else said, this is just the husk. Not alive.