The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Insects’ mastery over flowering-plant mimicry dates back 99 million years
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Divya Gandhi
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Scientists have discovered a 99-million-year-old fossil of a moth lacewing, pushing back the known history of insect mimicry of flowering plants by 50 million years. This discovery suggests that insects evolved sophisticated camouflage techniques much earlier than previously thought.
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