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[โ€“] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

bat flies, have evolved to cling to bat fur, they look like freaky spiders. apparently they are considered parasites on bats.

Oh, that's fair. I just vaguely assumed they were called bat flies because someone once upon a time thought they looked kinda like the fly version of some sorts of bats, but obviously didn't bother looking into that.