Dammit Mother Nature, WTF?: Flies With Scorpion Tails
Because everybody deserves to have nightmares, here's a common scorpionfly (thankfully not that common around here -- I hope). It's a fly with a scorpion-looking tail. But -- BUT -- the end of the tail isn't actually a stinger, it's its pecker. Tehehehe!
Scientific Name: There is a lot of different species and genera of scorpion flies, however they all come under the order Mecoptera. The genera which covers the common scorpion flies is Panorpidae.Where is it found?: All over the world.
Should I Be Worried?: No, the fly and the "stinger" are harmless.
Details: The stinger is actually not a stinger at all but a over sized genitals.They eat dead or dying insects with their powerful jaws. The larvae consume dead insects on the forest floor.
I'm gonna be honest, I'm pretty thankful I wasn't born with a penis that looks like a scorpion's tail. That...would be awkward. "Didn't you say yours looks like Ronald McDonald's friend Grimace?" STILL BETTER THAN A SCORPION'S TAIL.
Hit the jump for a gallery of scorpionflies because f*** your sleep, that's why.
Thanks to lilco, who agrees when we discover bees with snake fangs it's time to GTFO and move to Mars.
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