A quick trip to Walmart led to rare a discovery after a university scientist found a historic insect dating back to the Jurassic period. ...
at Penn State, where scientists and students will use it for further research.
Skvarla says the discovery likely reveals a larger story about biodiversity and a changing environment. He said the giant lacewing’s disappearance from North America largely remains a mystery; scientists hypothesize everything from the increase in artificial light to the introduction of non-native predators as potential causes.
How the insect ended up on the side of a well-lit Walmart is another mystery, but Skvarla says it suggests the bug was attracted to the lights.“It could have been 100 years since it was even in this area — and it’s been years since it’s been spotted anywhere near it,” he said in the release. “The next closest place that they’ve been found was 1,200 miles away, so very unlikely it would have traveled that far.
Researchers suspect the insect represents a rare surviving population of North American giant lacewings that have evaded detection and extinction for millions of years — a finding that highlights how an everyday situation can lead to a historic discovery.
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