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    of the largest insect weights ever known. These heavyweight insects can be over 9 cm (3.5 in) long. Related to modern orthopterans, Triassic insects of...
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    heteracantha), the largest specimen was weighed at 71.3 g (2.52 oz), one of the largest insects weights ever known. These heavyweight insects can be over 9 cm...
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  • The following is a list of largest mammals by family. The largest of these insectivorous mammals is the giant otter shrew (Potamogale velox), native to...
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    Attacus atlas (redirect from Largest moth)
    Rothschildia aurota is one of the largest members of its genus and a Neotropical relative. List of largest insects "Chapter 32: Largest Lepidopteran Wing Span...
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    Elephant beetle (category Beetles of South America)
    allows some remote control of the adults’ flying behaviour. List of largest insects Insect Book of World Records "Map of Megasoma elephas". Discover...
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    distinguished based on their distinctive mix of elytral colors and patterns. Insect fighting List of largest insects Wikimedia Commons has media related to...
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    half of all animal species. The insect nervous system consists of a brain and a ventral nerve cord. Most insects reproduce by laying eggs. Insects breathe...
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    Meganeuropsis (category Permian insects)
    holotype is held in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. List of largest insects Penney, D. and Jepson J. E. (2014): Fossil Insects: An introduction to palaeoentomology...
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    forests of the Oro Province in eastern Papua New Guinea. The species is endangered and one of only four insects to be listed on Appendix I of CITES, making...
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    Megaloblatta (category Insects of Mexico)
    based on misidentifications of M. blaberoides); and M. regina is from Amazonian Ecuador and Brazil. List of largest insects Estrada-Álvarez, Julio C. (December...
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    Meganeura (category Paleozoic insects of Europe)
    themselves against the high levels of oxygen. Paleontology portal List of largest insects Nel et al. 2008. Rake 2017, p. 20. Taylor & Lewis 2007, p. 160...
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    predators. Their bodies are brown with black markings. The wingspan of these insects is usually around 15 cm (6 in). Both males and females bear paired...
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    The largest prehistoric animals include both vertebrate and invertebrate species. Many of them are described below, along with their typical range of size...
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  • class of insects originated on Earth about 480 million years ago, in the Ordovician, at about the same time terrestrial plants appeared. Insects are thought...
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    Thysania agrippina (category Moths of South America)
    on the basis of DNA alone. Ascalapha odorata, the black witch List of largest insects Kons, Hugo Jr. (30 March 2000). "Chapter 32 — Largest Lepidopteran...
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    Chalcosoma janssensi) Chalcosoma moellenkampi Chalcosoma engganensis List of largest insects Biolib.cz (retrieved 16 November 2020) Data related to Chalcosoma...
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    Megachile pluto (redirect from Largest bee)
    large balls of resin, which are held between the jaws. The association of the bee with the termite may be obligate. List of largest insects Kuhlmann, M...
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    Titan beetle (category Insects of Peru)
    species in the genus Titanus, and one of the largest known beetles, as well as one of the largest known insects, at over 170 mm (6.7 in) in length. Adult...
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    Hercules beetle (category Insects of Guadeloupe)
    Antilles. It is the longest extant species of beetle in the world, and is also one of the largest flying insects in the world. Dynastes hercules is known...
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    Gauromydas heros (category Insects described in 1833)
    of ants (Atta species), feeding on immature insects. Mature larva dig a pupation chamber in the soil, then the imago emerges. List of largest insects...
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  • State insects are designated by 48 individual states of the fifty United States. Some states have more than one designated insect, or have multiple categories...
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    United States, went on display at the American Museum of Natural History. List of largest insects Michele De Palma, Hitoshi Takano, Philippe Leonard, Thierry...
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    Phryganistria (category Phasmatodea of Indo-China)
    virgea (Westwood, 1848) - synonym P. sarmentosa Westwood, 1848 List of largest insects "Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0) Phryganistria". PSF. Retrieved...
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    Actaeon beetle (category Beetles of South America)
    French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. List of largest insects Matthew R. Moore (22 January 2007). "Megasoma actaeon (Linnaeus...
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    Saint Helena earwig (category Insects of Saint Helena Island)
    assessment of L. herculeana on the IUCN Red List from Critically Endangered to Extinct. Island gigantism List of largest insects List of recently extinct...
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    Insects as food or edible insects are insect species used for human consumption. Over 2 billion people are estimated to eat insects on a daily basis....
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    Asian giant hornet (category CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list)
    portal List of largest insects Smith, F. (1852). "VIII. Descriptions of some new and apparently undescribed species of hymenopterous insects from North...
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    Acanthacorydalis fruhstorferi (category Insects of China)
    pertains to 19th century entomologist Hans Fruhstorfer. List of largest insects "Largest aquatic insect (by wingspan)". Guinness World Records. 12 July 2015...
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    Insect morphology is the study and description of the physical form of insects. The terminology used to describe insects is similar to that used for other...
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    2018 Megasoma vogti Cartwright, 1963 List of largest insects M. Prandi, P. Grossi, F. Vaz-de-Mello (2020) Revision of the Megasoma (Megasoma) gyas (Jablonsky...
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