bowlofgabe:

bogleech:

holy shit this ambush bug convergently evolved the same claws as a crab!!!??

I’m sure some people are like “yeah don’t a lot of bugs have that” NO, THEY DON’T, this is the first I’ve ever seen this in an insect!

The only source I can find is just this blog, but I can’t find a latin name. They do provide a comparison between this and the forelegs of other ambush bugs:

The “crab claw” in this photo though looks like even yet another species from the first one. Is it a whole group like this?? I have no idea

Hi! I think this would be a Form of Carcinisation, an evolutionary concept that applies to the crustacean family, and subspecies. Basically the theory is that species within the crustacean family will evolve closer and closer to crab species morphology, more so to its sexual Dymorphism.  

Now that i think about this, ambush bug phylum is only relatively close to arthropods, so I actually don’t think this is it? i just really like talking about crab morphology ~ @bogleech