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The family Nepticulidae hold some of the smallest moths known, ranging from 3-8mm wing-tip to wing-tip. For a comparison I have imaged two moths above: the largest known – Coscinocera hercules that tips the scales at nearly 9 polegadas, and one of the smallest (yes that tiny little speck . . . → Leia mais: The tiniest of moths Compartilhe este! 7 comentários - (Comentários estão fechados)  Entomologia  Entomologia, Lepidoptera, Microlepidópteros, Traças, Nepticulidae, Nova Espécie, Paleontology, Pragas The early Cambrian seas (542-488 milhões de anos atrás) had a plethora of strange and bizarre creatures almost unimaginable to even the best sci-fi dreamer. As possibly one of the precursors to the Arthropoda (also Onychophora and Tardigrada), the lobopodian lineages represent a strange group of “worms with legs” that once roamed the . . . → Leia mais: A strange armored lobopodian from the Cambrian Compartilhe este! 6 comentários - (Comentários estão fechados) Diverso, Notícias de ciência Arthropoda, Evolução, Fossil, Nova Espécie, Paleontology |
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