Who... am I?

I was born in water . . . and soon I'll be able to fly..
 

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  1. 1BioSci99October 15, 2016 at 8:37 PM

    You know, seeing this doesn't make my fear of arthropods go away at all. It looks cool tho, but this would seriously scare the living **** out of me (not to mention Halloween's coming up soon).

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  2. IMCOctober 16, 2016 at 4:40 PM

    Thanks! Would like to guess what this is? :) (Hint: It will turn into an unexpected arthropod).

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  3. UnknownNovember 3, 2016 at 11:47 AM

    Wasp

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  4. UnknownNovember 3, 2016 at 11:49 AM

    Larvae mosquito

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