I wish I had a picture of my own to share (this one is just ripped from google images), but the ‘fangs’ on centipedes in the genus Scolopendra are actually modified legs on their first segment. The venom certainly has a real kick to it, too!
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This bee is clearly a middle aged american dad wearing cargo pants. Or a guacho.
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Another great thread that just seems to open up the wide world of nature.
I love this one’s orange pantaloons! Alypia langtoni (Langton Forester) near Fairbanks, Alaska
Also, some seriously scary and dangly legs of modern-day dinosaurs, Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) at Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge in Fairbanks.
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This one has rather wild legs.
I’m also rather fond of the legs on Melanoplus differentialis individuals…they’re pleasing to the eyes.
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How about stripy legs?
Shamrock orbweaver (though most of my family can’t remember the name and just say “those big spiders with the stripy legs”)
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Crawfish claws (which are modified legs) have always fascinated me, with the variety they come in, from the short, massive claws of the devil crawfish
to the brush-palmed claws of the giant bearded crawfish
to many more shapes, sizes and colors
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/246808145
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/247251771
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/205328219
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/209155238
and even occasionally “mutant” claws
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Nope! In the world of bee fashion, in stark contrast to the world of human fashion, it is the females who get all the pockets. Not all of them opt for this to be leg-based storage, but a majority of them do – cargo pants are a classic (e.g. Macropis, Melitta), but some of them such as the pantaloon bee above, go for palazzo pants as whole-leg solutions (more splendid Dasypoda leg hair).
Meanwhile, the guys have to be content with purely decorative limb fashion – e.g., the white mittens of some Megachile males (here Megachile maritima) or the fancy gaiters of Anthophora plumipes ( = “feather foot”).
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Bristly legs…
Myrmeleon immaculatus (Immaculate Antlion)
Long, spindly legs…
Emesaya brevipennis (Assassin bug)
Gesticulating legs…
Zygoballus rufipes (Hammer-jawed Jumping Spider)
Soooo many legs…
Strigamia bothriopus (Centipede)
and even more legs…
Complex Narceus americanus (American Giant Millipede Complex)
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There are several species of Brush-footed Butterflies that hold their front pair of legs against their thorax, giving the impression that they only have four legs.
Polygonia c-aureum | Asian Comma · 네발나비
Meanwhile, this individual’s rear pair of legs is hidden under its wings while at rest. I also enjoy the hairs they have on their legs as they remind me of feathers.(I’m also extremely happy with how well this photo came out considering how small these moths are.)
Caloptilia cecidophora
These jumping spiders have interesting front legs – thick, thin, and bristly .
Harmochirus brachiatus | 왕발깡충거미
And I just like the color and pattern of these.
Lucanus maculifemoratus ssp. dybowskyi | Dybowski’s Stag Beetle · 사슴벌레
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