The Insect
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| Originally published | 1857 |
| Authors | Jules Michelet |
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| ID | 2991869 |
About The Insect
The Insect is one of four works in which Jules Michelet wrote about his study of nature. Published after his death it has become a beloved tome of his work.
The man rescuing Britain's 'magical' glow worms
... " The Insect is declining in many parts of the UK due to a host of factors, from habitat loss to light pollution...
Conservation: Lifeline for endangered insect feared extinct
... The Insect was recorded now and again in British rivers between 1959 and 1995, but then vanished...
Amateur photographer snaps pink grasshopper in Lincoln
... " She said in some grasshoppers the unusual colouration is caused by a condition called erythrism, which causes The Insect s body to produce too much red pigment, others are juveniles that will turn greener and browner as they get older...
Swallowtail butterfly enthusiasts flock to Strumpshaw
... Diane Scott, from Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, said she was " over the moon" to have photographed The Insect at Strumpshaw Fen...
Butterfly species named after Lord of the Rings villain Sauron
... Experts hit on the name Saurona because the black rings on The Insect s orange wings reminded them of the all-seeing eye described in JRR Tolkien s books...
China and Hong Kong: The highs and lows since handover
... The Insect was a derogatory reference to mainland Chinese...
Bono: U2's name and songs make me cringe
... " (The correct spelling of The Insect is beetle...
Malaria completely stopped by microbe
... It lives in the intestines and the genitalia of The Insect...
Butterfly species named after Lord of the Rings villain Sauron
By Rob CorpBBC News
Scientists have named a new group of butterflies after The Villain Sauron from The Lord of The Rings novels.
Experts hit on the name Saurona because The Black rings on The Insect 's orange wings reminded them of the all-seeing eye described in JRR Tolkien's books.
The Natural History Museum in London hopes the unusual title will draw attention to the species and help generate more research.
Two species of butterfly have been added to the newly named Saurona genus.
Saurona triangular and Saurona aurigera are the inaugural members of The Group but it's expected many more species will join them.
The name was picked by Dr Blanca Heurtas, curator of The Butterflies at The Museum , who is part of an international team who described the new genus in a paper published in the scientific journal Systematic Entomology.
A group of 30 scientists from around The World have spent a decade studying The Butterfly subtribe Euptychiina.
The Experts analysed More Than 400 different species of butterfly, and used advances in DNA to identify the differences between them at a genetic level, as well as by their appearance.
Saurona triangula and Saurona aurigera are not The First creatures to be named after Sauron. The Villain 's glowing eye has also been referenced in The Names of a dung beetle, a frog and a dinosaur.
The Team has also found another butterfly genus, which Dr Huertas has named Argenteria, meaning Silver Mine , on account of the silver scales on its wings.
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