November 28th, 2022 at 6:21PM
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ghostieliving asked:

I was wondering if you knew how some bugs have such strong grips with their feet? I found a vine weevil on my doorframe and struggled a bit to get it onto my hand to remove it, and then it was difficult to remove it from my hand when I was putting it outside

onenicebugperday:

Weevils (and lots of other beetles and bugs) have claws on the ends of their feet (tarsal claws) used for gripping. They are very tiny so it doesn’t hurt generally even when it’s sort of stuck into your skin like velcro.

Here’s a photo of a very large weevil so you can see the claws on the feet:

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(Redspot lily weevil by k_mcqualter)

186 notes #when i started ​at my old job i was like why don’t we ever pick up the beetles they can’t bite can they??#and my coworker was like. you can pick em up if you want 😏 go ahead try it 😏#and i did and it took soo long to get it off my hand it was was gripping so hard 😭 my coworker was laughing at me