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 March 3, 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!

Posted by prsonnen about 1 year ago

cool

Posted by possumtrotter about 1 year ago

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