Tag: larvae
Fossil Friday: Evolutionary Stasis in Beetles
Natural selection is the great magician in evolutionary fantasy land, where it explains rapid change in explosive radiations as well as no change at all.
How the Caterpillar Got Its Legs…Or Not
Almost 400 years after its discovery, the process of metamorphosis is still a thorny conundrum for evolutionary biologists.
Fossil Friday: Cretaceous Insect Chimera Illustrates a Design Principle
Why does this fossil insect specimen have implications for intelligent design? The reason lies in the striking convergences it exhibits.
Pushing Insect Welfare
Of course, we know that insects are not inanimate. A fly senses when you try to swat it.
Fossil Friday: A Strange Dragonfly Larva
In a monograph in 2007, I suggested that these larvae may not be genuine dragonflies of the suborder Anisoptera.