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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 inches, and one of the smallest (yes that tiny little speck . . . → Läs mer: Den minsta av nattfjärilar Dela detta! 7 kommentarer - (Kommentarer är stängda)  Entomologi  Entomologi, Lepidoptera, mikrofjärilar, Nattfjärilar, Nepticulidae, Nya arter, Paleontology, Skadedjur The early Cambrian seas (542-488 million years ago) 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 . . . → Läs mer: En märklig bepansrad lobopodier från kambrium Dela detta! 6 kommentarer - (Kommentarer är stängda) Övrigt, Science News Arthropoda, Evolution, Fossil, Nya arter, Paleontology |
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