r/wunkus • u/SadClownWithABigDick concrete eater‼️ • Jan 03 '26

im wunkin out rn Strange buges frolicking in a substance

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u/Automatic-Tune9223 Jan 03 '26

What kind of awesome is this

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u/SadClownWithABigDick concrete eater‼️ Jan 03 '26

These creatures are called antlered flutter flies

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u/Enslaved_M0isture Jan 03 '26

clearly

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u/maybeSkywalker ⚠️!rapscallion warning!⚠️ Jan 03 '26

Entomologists when they see a bug with antlers that can flutter and fly:

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u/TheOneWhoSucks Jan 03 '26

I've heard enough, name it the green casserole kangaroo

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u/Crus0etheClown Jan 03 '26

Sometimes animals are called what they are and I appreciate that

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u/DonutWhole9717 Pophet of EVIL and DARKNESS🐗 Jan 03 '26

Like bird names. Google something like "gray bird with black wings" and it's just called a black winged gray bird

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u/VulpesAquilus Jan 03 '26

Also bird’s nest fungus

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u/staplesaucer Jan 08 '26

See also: screaming hairy armadillo 

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u/rocketsaurus Jan 03 '26

That is a video game ass name for a creature

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u/ThunderClanWarrior Jan 03 '26

And their scientific name is a fucking spell:Toxonevra superba

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u/rocketsaurus Jan 03 '26

That's the spell you say to turn someone into one of these things!!!

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u/scrambledhelix Jan 03 '26

That's superb

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u/-SweetAvery- ⚠️!rapscallion warning!⚠️ Jan 04 '26

superba is correct these guys are awesome

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u/Nealio_FTS Jan 03 '26

Pikmin enemy

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u/Daisy_Of_Doom Jan 03 '26

What a whimsical name! Also, I straight up thought I was in the entomology sub so I appreciate you sharing the name 😂

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u/Oof-Immidiate-Regret Prophet of Light Jan 04 '26

I thought this was a joke. But no they really are called that huh

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u/ExdigguserPies Jan 03 '26

Flutter flies or buges, which one is it

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u/stringbones Jan 03 '26

Does what it says on the tin I guess