this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2024
140 points (97.3% liked)

Science Memes

11047 readers
3914 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.

Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.

Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
140
e l y t r a (mander.xyz)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elytron

top 6 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

isn't the top right one a winged insect too?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Yes, both have functional wings.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Me deciding which insect to use as an example for the wiki article picture 🤔

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Beatle has hidden wings, my vote is with the moth.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Elytron sounds like the name of a superhero.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Or an evil robot.