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Nature and Gardening

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[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I have seen fens full of these - like watch where you step kind of full. Some get really purple, but all look like a dick sticking out of the peat from the back angle.

Imagine this guy from the back

[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Yup, exactly where I found these, on a coastal fen.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago

And you caught them all flowering! Wicked!

[–] technomad@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh no, poor lightening bug! Lol

[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 4 points 3 months ago

No worries, our beetle bro is being incorporated into our carnivorous friend. Plant dude needs more nitrogen.