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vayda on Nostr: 🚨 ARTHROPOD OF THE DAY 🚨 The Antarctic midge (Belgica antarctica) is exciting ...

🚨 ARTHROPOD OF THE DAY 🚨

The Antarctic midge (Belgica antarctica) is exciting in more ways than one. It lives most of its life in larval form, frozen in ice. It's the only true insect that lives on the Antarctic continent, and at 0.23 inches (6 millimeters) long, it actually qualifies as the largest terrestrial animal in Antarctica.

Antarctic midge larvae exist in a deep freeze for two winters. They can lose up to 70 percent of the water in their bodies and still survive. As adults, the midges emerge wingless. They then live only seven to 10 days, mating and eating algae and bacteria.

Take a break from the heat and cool off with this bug of the day :blobcatcool:





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