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Superb illustration showing some of the life that depends on deadwood.

You can get it here.
https://t.co/xlCBbVnwFL

🎨Jeroen Helmer/ARK Nature

The female has a penis-like structure - the gynosome (red in photo). In contrast, the males have no penis.

This female 'penis' slots into the male's simple genital chamber.

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If you've never heard of the telephone pole beetle (Micromalthus debilis), then you're missing out. It's life-cycle is about as extreme as it gets. No sex. Just weirdness.

Scroll down to find out what the very rare male does to its mum.

📷David R Maddison

Insects of the day. Stalking the caves of southern China are some beautiful freaks, such as these long-necked and eyeless carabids. (a - Xuedytes bellus; b - Giraffaphaenops clarkei; c - Dongodytes grandis). Photos - M Tian. More here: https://t.co/mevS6YYigs

@jstgerlach Exactly. A good part of my book on animal diversity is about these beasts because of what they tell us about the origins and radiation of the animals. This illustration by @pbr_miller is one of my faves from the book

A planet teeming with life, about which we know next to nothing. My take on this: https://t.co/Wp1Gu2o0GX

Remember. The meiofauna are not just for Christmas (image before I ruined it by @pbr_miller)