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really enjoying this figure on sexual dimorphism in hopliine beetles pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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Rookie question: are the females the bigger ones? The article didn't make it obvious (probably because they assume I already know, and fair enough)

ascalaphid

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the ones on the left of each pair are the males. the larger size and modified limbs are for fightin each other, like male rhinoceros beetles or stag beetles, just with big dumb legs instead of horns or mandibles

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