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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

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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

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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

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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 is one of my faves from the book

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

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

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