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unusual facts about Insect wing



Allomerus decemarticulatus

Once an insect lands on the plant, the closest ant will immediately surface and grab on to a leg, antenna, wing, or some other appendage of the prey.

Comstock–Needham system

The Comstock–Needham system is a naming system for insect wing veins, devised by John Comstock and George Needham in 1898.

Meganeura

In 1885, French paleontologist Charles Brongniart described and named the fossil "Meganeura" (large-nerved), which refers to the network of veins on the insect's wings.


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