Posts Tagged ‘entomology’
New species of insect identified in eBay purchase
August 20th, 2008
Dr. Richard Harrington, vice-president of the UK’s Royal Entomological Society, bought a fossilized insect on eBay and it turned out to be a previously unknown species of aphid.
He bought the insect, which was encased in a 40-50 million-year-old piece of amber, for £20 (about $37).
“It’s a rather unusual route to come by (a new species),” Harrington explained.
I guess eBay hasn’t identified all the bugs in their system.
