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"entirely inaccurate" sounds weird when it lacks the meta context. I think just "inaccurate" would do given the following description.

I have do say that I find it a bit odd that each claw already appears fully distinct like a vertebrate or arthropod claw. I know little hard bits aren't hard to form genetically in any case, but I feel like it'd have made sense to basically just curve the tip of each ray (or whatever they should be called, since "wing parts" seems vague) into a gradually sclerotized clawlike point.

This post has been edited by Cube67: Aug 31 2022, 06:51 PM

I don't think the claw would realistically take that long to evolve so

Fuzzy friends!

Admittedly, it would be nice to see what a juvenile would look like for reference sake.

QUOTE (TheBigDeepCheatsy @ Aug 31 2022, 11:43 PM)

Fuzzy friends! Admittedly, it would be nice to see what a juvenile would look like for reference sake.

Yeah, a supplementary image showing a juvenile would be nice.

This post has been edited by OviraptorFan: Aug 31 2022, 08:40 PM

These sound more like weaver birds than bees, with the elaboration.


How do they deal with their dead?

I imagine it's not quite like true eusocials that remove the dead and dying regularly, especially since they practice care for their sick rather than ousting.

This post has been edited by colddigger: Aug 31 2022, 09:31 PM

they just dump the dead outside for scavengers. Real bees do this too.

I will draw a juvenile.

Ohh, the larval diagram makes the appearance of the claws make much more sense to me. They are just extensions of the wing rays, but the covering of the wing by skin makes the claws look more distinct once the larva grows up. I wouldn't have said anything about the claws before if I knew the explaination for how batworms get their wing membrane.

This post has been edited by Cube67: Sep 1 2022, 06:21 AM