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A long-legged fly taking a snooze on a leaf (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by kep@lemmy.world to c/bugs@lemmy.world
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[-] marron12@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

How do you tell if an insect is sleeping? I guess they just stay still for a while?

Anyway, great picture of a pretty little critter!

[-] kep@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

It isn't sleeping, I'm just being dramatic. But, simple insects often just have resting periods, kind of like a cat. They're still alert, generally.

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