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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 colių, and one of the smallest (yes that tiny little speck . . . → Skaityti daugiau: The tiniest of moths Dalytis šiuo! 7 komentarai - (Komentarai nepriimami)  Entomologija  Entomologija, Drugiai Lepidoptera, Microlepidoptera, Kandys, Nepticulidae, Naujos rūšys, Paleontology, Kenkėjai 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 . . . → Skaityti daugiau: A strange armored lobopodian from the Cambrian Dalytis šiuo! 6 komentarai - (Komentarai nepriimami) Įvairialypis, Mokslo naujienos Nariuotakojai, Evoliucija, Fossil, Naujos rūšys, Paleontology |
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