just made the most beautiful thing i've ever seen
i have to laugh
A Girl’s Best Friend by Margot Quan Knight, 2002
Being an asexual trans woman is funny because it my existence invalidates the idea that being trans is a fetish.
Like I don't have fetishes and I'd rather jump in a volcano than have sex but some people are dumb enough to think it IS a sex thing🤷♀️
New Zealand giraffe weevil, Lasiorhynchus barbicornis, Brentidae
The New Zealand giraffe weevil is a species of straight-snouted weevil endemic to New Zealand. This species shows extreme sexual dimorphism: females can measure as long as 50mm while males can be as large as 90mm, with a snout as long as their body. Weevil larvae tunnel in wood for as long as two years before emerging as adults, but adults live only a few weeks.
Photos 1-4 by wild_wind, 5 by cheryldawson19, 6 by christopherstephens, 7 by schneehagen, 8 by craigwilson10, 9 by kiwifergus, and 10 by lisa_bennett
Bonus photo because it brought me soul-deep joy - an adult male emerging from a tree:
SNOOT. Photo by Christina Painting