Rare, Jurassic-Era Giant Insect Discovered at Arkansas Walmart...A trip to buy milk turned into a stunning entomological find.

CNet ^ | March 1, 2023 2:37 p.m. PT | Amanda Kooser

[Jamestown1630]

LOL!

[moovova]

The giant lacewing discovered on Aisle 7...

[pissant]

Haven’t seen one of those, but I’ve seen plenty of fattubofgoos walking around in stretchy pants.

[gathersnomoss]

Hey, thanks alot.

[Jamestown1630]

I’ve seen Luna moths (possibly the most beautiful critter in the class ‘insecta’) as big or bigger than this ‘giant’.

[logi_cal869]

And bigfoot can’t possibly exist. /s

[BradyLS]

One summer in Kentucky, in the middle of farms and woodlands, I saw a bunch of different giant moths: Lunas, Cecropias, Ios, Polyphemous, and a few others. Tons of different butterflies, too. And green preying mantises easily seven or so inches long.

[Jamestown1630]

When I was growing up, we lived in a huge garden-apartment complex where the buildings surrounded enormous grassy courtyards. (It had originally been a big farm, and lots of fruit, nut and flowering things had been left.)

One summer, for some reason, nobody ever mowed. Everything got 2 to 3 feet high, and I’ve never seen so many butterflies in my life. I always remember it as weird and magical, and wished later that they’d just always leave it like that...

[dfwgator]

Life finds a way.

[sauropod]

bkmk

[SisterK]

lacewings are considered beneficial insects
they eat bad bugs

2” wing span on a lacewing is not earth-shattering ginormous

[x]

It probably heard WalMart was giving out free samples again ...

[csvset]

I saw this Sphinx moth at the local WalMart

[Jamestown1630]

That’s beautiful, and very odd! I’ve never seen one.

There seem to be a lot of varieties; and they seem to be a big problem for some crops:

https://www.thoughtco.com/sphinx-moths-family-sphingidae-1968209

[PLMerite]

"Rare, Jurassic-Era Giant Insect"

Giant? Yeah, wake me up when I gotta hide from it...

[Do_Tar]

Skvarla is director of the university’s Insect Identification Lab.
Skvarla finds an “Antlion”.
8 years later, Skvarla shows it to students.
Student realize Skvarla is an idiot.

[chickenlips]

In the future no one will say it “tastes like chicken” because no one will have tasted a chicken.

[SunkenCiv]

LOL! Thanks martin_fierro.

The other GGG topics added since the previous digest ping, chrono sort:

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• 20-year-old Michigan Hen Verified As World's Oldest Living Chicken [03/03/2023]
• Scientists Map an Unexplored Corridor of Egypt's Great Pyramid Using Cosmic Rays Thanks to cosmic rays, secrets of the last remaining Wonder of the Ancient World are being revealed. [03/02/2023]
• Kevin Hart's Cairo Show Canceled After He Claims Egyptian Pharoahs Were Black [03/02/2023]
• Hidden Corridor Uncovered At Great Pyramid Of Giza Has Archaeologists Stunned [03/02/2023]
• Quahog clam found off Florida coast believed to be 214 years old [03/01/2023]
• Scientists Are Reincarnating the Woolly Mammoth to Return in 4 Years-Hello, old friend. [03/01/2023]
• Dry Lake Reveals Previously Unknown Statue On Easter Island [03/01/2023]
• Astronomy Picture of the Day - Crescent Moon Beyond Greek Temple [02/28/2023]
• Vandals spray-paint 'Murderer' on Central Park Columbus statue [02/27/2023]
• What Happened to the Wealth of Crassus? [02/27/2023]
• Excavations in the City of Oswiecim, in the Region of Małopolska, Poland, Have Uncovered a Wooden Mikveh That Dates From 300-years-ago. [02/27/2023]
• Controversial member of woke Virginia school board slams Battle of Iwo Jima as 'evil': Previously moaned that moment of silence for 9/11 attacks 'caused harm' [02/26/2023]
• This Strange Ancient 'Fossil' May Not Have Been Left by Any Living Thing [02/24/2023]

[Lockbar]

Triple bagger.....

[ConservativeInPA]

That’s pretty original…permission to use that?