In the News: "Extinct" Bug Rediscovered in Arkansas

A Pennsylvania professor found the giant lacewing, or Polystoechotes punctata, at a Fayetteville Wal-mart. The bug had been "extinct" since the 1950s. Keep your eyes open! Maybe someone will find more!

https://bioone.org/journals/proceedings-of-the-entomological-society-of-washington/volume-124/issue-2/0013-8797.124.2.332/Rediscovery-of-Polystoechotes-punctata-Fabricius-1793-Neuroptera--Ithonidae-in/10.4289/0013-8797.124.2.332.short

Posted on 03 de março de 2023, 02:00 AM by cosmiccat cosmiccat

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BugGuide.net has pictures of specimen (https://bit.ly/3ZcRdgy). Their members’ observations were in northern states, like Washington and Montana, and in Canada. Happy bug hunting! Let’s be first and post some on iNat from Arkansas!

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