Volcano May Have Killed Off New Bioluminescent Cockroach

terrancem writes "A newly discovered light-producing cockroach, Lucihormetica luckae, may have already been driven to extinction by a volcanic eruption in Ecuador. The species, only formally described by scientists this year, hasn't been spotted since the Tungurahua Volcano erupted in July 2010. The new species was notable because it represented the only known case of mimicry by bioluminescence in a land animal. Like a venomless king snake beating its tail to copy the unmistakable warning of a rattlesnake, Lucihormetica luckae's bioluminescent patterns are nearly identical to the poisonous click beetle, with which it shares (or shared) its habitat."

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Global Warming

[Anonymous Coward]

See, those volcanos have no respect for the environment just belching their CO2 all the time...now they've made something extinct

SOMETHING MUST BE DONE

Al Gore...where are you?