Why Can't Science Identify This Dragonfly-like Insect Emitting Strange Substance?

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  1. common_sense_seeker Bicho Voador & Bicho Sugador Valued Senior Member

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    That's probably a female tail-end. It's only the male that has the clasper for holding on to the female when mating.
     
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  3. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    So the horseshoe track was made by this:

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    Male.
     
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  5. common_sense_seeker Bicho Voador & Bicho Sugador Valued Senior Member

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    Imagine it upright with the tail curled forward under it. It would look like this moving in the direction of the prongs.


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    No picture is showing.
     
  8. common_sense_seeker Bicho Voador & Bicho Sugador Valued Senior Member

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    The shape of dragonflies mating resembles this ancient symbol:


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  9. common_sense_seeker Bicho Voador & Bicho Sugador Valued Senior Member

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    No, you have to use your imagination on this one.
     
  10. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    So, you are saying it was mating at the same time as hopping?
     
  11. common_sense_seeker Bicho Voador & Bicho Sugador Valued Senior Member

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    No. The females have migrated to Africa.
     
  12. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    Migrating how?
    Hopping?
     
  13. common_sense_seeker Bicho Voador & Bicho Sugador Valued Senior Member

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    Someone has kindly drawn the image:

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    No image showing.
    Are these crypto-images?

    Remember you said earlier:
    It can't use it's legs as efficiently because of it's great size. The chitin exoskeleton wouldn't allow for the flexibility needed. The legs contain the specialized trachea tubes.

    So it can't use its legs because of a problem with flexibility, yet it can fly to Africa.
     
  15. common_sense_seeker Bicho Voador & Bicho Sugador Valued Senior Member

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    I've uploaded the image as a thumbnail.

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    The females FLY to Africa. The males stay behind and fight for territory. Injured and exhausted males sometimes run out of energy to fly to their den or are displaced. They hop instead on their clasper aided by their wings and air-propulsion.
     
  16. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    Another question.
    How does this giant insect obtain enough oxygen to function?
    The reason why giant insects were possible in Carboniferous and Permian times was that the amount of oxygen in the air was over 30%.
    Now it is just over 20%.
     
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  19. common_sense_seeker Bicho Voador & Bicho Sugador Valued Senior Member

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    They store blood from prey in their thick veined wings. They also evolved all-the-way-though trachea tubes for additional oxygen uptake and ultra efficient flight air-propulsion.
     
  20. common_sense_seeker Bicho Voador & Bicho Sugador Valued Senior Member

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    Glad you got it!

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  21. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    How do you know so much about them?
    Have you dissected one?
    They wouldn't like that, and may be out to get you.
     
  22. common_sense_seeker Bicho Voador & Bicho Sugador Valued Senior Member

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    It's all just guess work. I just happen to be a very good guesser.
     
  23. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    I am an even better guesser.
    My guess is that this is a load of made-up baloney.

    For every objection, you make up a special circumstance or adaptation which fits in with your original theory.
    You don't have any scientific evidence at all. Sorry, it is time to make my verdict.

    Verdict.
    Hopping Dragonfly Theory.

    REJECTED
     

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