r/awwnverts • u/Candid_Reading_7267 • Nov 10 '24

African Woolly Chafers (Genus Sparrmannia): these beetles have a dense, insulating coat of "fur" that protects them from the frigid conditions of the desert at night

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u/enneh_07 Nov 10 '24

SO ROUND.

68

u/Superseaslug Nov 10 '24

AND FLUFFY

38

u/CownityTheCow Nov 10 '24

AND TOASTY

51

u/Wolframite__ Nov 10 '24

Aww, beetle bald spotšŸ˜­

1

u/Immediate-Flow-5644 11d ago

heihachi beetle

36

u/scdiabd Nov 10 '24

Great, now I want to pet a beetle.

37

u/FeatheryRobin Nov 10 '24

I'm gonna steal the phrase "teeny tiny babies I will overthrow a small nation for" for this one

10

u/Glacier005 Nov 10 '24

Coward.

You should overthrow a large nation for one.

8

u/FeatheryRobin Nov 10 '24

My bad, I have to step up my game

21

u/Avrael_Asgard Nov 10 '24

I can't ever have these... cause I could not stop petting them.

13

u/Economy_Ad_196 Nov 10 '24

Thought it was a giant bumblebee at first, not gonna lie.

9

u/HarmoniaTheConfuzzld Nov 10 '24

I need 50 of them.

3

u/AmberBroccoli Nov 10 '24

I need a plushie of him like yesterday!

2

u/Unexpected-Xenomorph Nov 10 '24

šŸ„¹šŸ„¹

2

u/FederalPossibility73 Nov 11 '24

Theyā€™re adorable!

1

u/Hushwater Nov 10 '24

You can see where it is chaffed

1

u/RollAcrobatic7936 Nov 11 '24

They look like bees

1

u/Gearstoneoak Nov 13 '24

So cute! And I love the tiny toes!

1

u/alexlongfur Nov 14 '24

Guys they literally have ā€œchaferā€ in the name. I donā€™t think you want to be petting those

1

u/Candid_Reading_7267 Nov 14 '24

ā€œChaferā€ is just an old-fashioned word for beetle

1

u/Waterrat Nov 10 '24

I wonder when these will be sold in pet shops and expos?

1

u/RedditCantBanThis mantis mom Nov 13 '24

Finally an actual cute bug in r/awwnverts !