#rhinocerosbeetles — Public Fediverse posts

This time of the year again 🙄😁🥰🤗
I put them back into fresh compost, of course...
#nature #biology #rhinocerosbeetles #grubs

Unique #trilobite trident could be the oldest evidence of male sexual combat
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-unique-trilobite-trident-oldest-evidence.html Paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2119970120

#Trident-like structures found on the heads of #Walliserops #trilobites may have been used by males to compete in fights for dominance, with the #arthropods trying to flip their rival over. While there are no characteristics of living #animals that can be directly compared to these, the weapons of #RhinocerosBeetles are broadly similar.