if i were a furry i would be unstoppable and make fursonas for every unloved animal anyway here’s strepsiptera
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if i were a furry i would be unstoppable and make fursonas for every unloved animal anyway here’s strepsiptera
stylops
Are you a wasp?
Are you tired of being stylopized?
Fear not, for you can now simply shout at your Strepsipteran foes to stay away!
Unbeknownst to the wasp, she may already have an unwelcome, unseen lodger tucked away in between her tergites.
People throw around the term “Lovecraftian” for things in nature a lot, but to be honest the only animal I would actually apply it to to is a stylops. Seriously, why are the mi-go and the Elder Things so often drawn with those very specific wings, and that very specific body shape, even evoking those specific eyes and antennae?! Even the front halteres call to mind the Elder Things’ tentacles! (Of course it goes without saying that these are my two very favorite Lovecraft figures, and stylopses among my favorite insects.)
Not only that...but that’s just the male. The female stylops is a featureless, mind-controlling parasite. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenos_vesparum
Known sources: Stylops: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Main-image-electron-micrograph-of-a-male-Stylops-ovinae-Strepsiptera-All-insects-have_fig3_306522323 https://www.flickr.com/photos/nuclearlakeside/ Mi-go: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/157452/cultists-cthulhu
https://www.deviantart.com/kingovrats/art/Lovecraft-Mi-Go-III-669195060
Elder Thing: http://propnomicon.blogspot.com/2016/05/anatomy-of-elder-things.html
Stylopses (S. pacifica) mating on a bee's abdomen By: Edward S. Ross From: Insects Close Up 1953
Two female stylopses (S. pacifica) on a bee's abdomen By: Edward S. Ross From: Insects Close Up 1953
Stylops (S. pacifica) male on a bee's abdomen By: Edward S. Ross From: Insects Close Up 1953
delightful find on the Strepsiptera wikipedia page