r/whatisit • u/Cultural_Fall_3255 • 6h ago

New, what is it? What is this thing.

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u/Stregainfernale 6h ago

Se que seguramente es inofensivo y hasta beneficioso para el ambiente pero

https://giphy.com/gifs/9sSrddsom3yb6

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u/DiskOne3096 5h ago

It is harmless! It's a longhorn beetle, they barely ever bite and even if they do it would just be a pinch, there's no venom. They eat plant nectar and fruit

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u/watercolorxav 3h ago

And small children

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u/R-Jacksy 3h ago

Do they also eat the sanity of mortal souls? because it's squeals compel my hands to fight it out of fear

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u/onascalefrom20to80 4h ago

I'm a woodworker. Longhorn beetles are a pain in the ass.

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u/BantedHam 4h ago edited 3h ago

They are fucking far from harmless if found outside of their native habitat, if you see one in the US fucking kill it, their cousins, the Asian Longhorn Beetle, is responsible for millions of pine death across the rockies.

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u/No_Trade3571 5h ago

Nope don’t care. Burn it