• flora_explora@beehaw.org
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    8 hours ago

    Who is to say what’s part of the thorax and what not? There are other instances of insects having a thorax that looks divided. In some insects (I think it was beetles) most of the “abdomen” is actually their thorax and so forth…

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      5 hours ago

      Ah! But insects are defined by having 3 body segments: head, thorax, and abdomen. Regardless of the size of each segment, all 3 exist in their adult form. And! All insects have their 6 limbs coming out of their thorax. No record exists of an insect with limbs coming out of their head.

      I’m onto you alien sympathizer 🤨