The discovery of four previously unknown species of snakefly - a type of long flying insect - has thrown what natural historians know about the evolution of these predatory insects into disarray.
They have a striking shape, are diurnal, predatory insects and occur only in the Northern Hemisphere. Snakeflies (Raphidioptera), also known as camel-neck flies, have gained further notoriety with the ...
Fossil discoveries often help answer long-standing questions about how our modern world came to be. However, sometimes they only deepen the mystery--as a recent discovery of four new species of ...
The insect order Hymenoptera -- wasps, bees, ants and relatives -- is the third most diverse animal group, but its origin remains controversial. Fossils from Permian beds of Russia demonstrate that ...
Quite possibly — or more likely, quite probably — you have never heard of a snakefly though equally quite possibly you have encountered a snakefly. Probably more than once. This may, and probably does ...
Quite possibly — or more likely, quite probably — you have never heard of a snakefly though equally quite possibly you have encountered a snakefly. Probably more than once. This may, and probably does ...
They have a striking shape, are diurnal, predatory insects and occur only in the Northern Hemisphere. Snakeflies (Raphidioptera), also known as camel-neck flies, have gained further notoriety with the ...