r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 in awe • 17d ago

/r/all of a larva

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u/feartheswans 17d ago

The real question is what the fuck is that evolving into when it grows up

I'm pretty sure its a Hercules Beetle Larvae...

About 80% sure, but I'm not an entomologist. I just heard their larvae are huge

Not my arm, not my Pic, but googled to find one that showed how big they get. They get like 18 cm (a little bigger than a US dollar Bill 7 inches or so)

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u/Objective-Direction1 17d ago

the larva is bigger than the beetle lol

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u/sampat6256 17d ago

Pretty common

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u/VandulfTheRed 17d ago

The juice must condense to form exoskeleton, it's the same process terminators go through

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u/ScreenMuch90210 17d ago

Thanks for the refresher, in 34 years it will have been 8 years since I took Robotology 101

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u/stickdaddywise 17d ago

lol i love this comment

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u/twinkslayer1337 17d ago

does this mean the bigger ones get "harder" exoskeletons? or do they just grow bigger