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New Order of Insect Found

Posted by michael on from the raid-still-kills-it dept.

dumfrac writes "A bug thought to have died out 40-million years ago is alive and well in southern Africa. It's aggressive, carnivorous, and some call it "the gladiator". And it's so unlike anything else that it represents not just a new species, but a new order. Check out the rest of the article at IOL or do a Google search for "Mantophasmatodea" which is the name of the new order."

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  1. ooh! i win the race! by Hubert_Shrump · · Score: 4, Informative

    this was reported on several months ago here let the flaming begin!

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