fossilesqueM to Science MemesEnglish · 1 year agoColeoptera is the largest order of insects, representing about 40% of all insect species.imagemessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1254arrow-down110
arrow-up1244arrow-down1imageColeoptera is the largest order of insects, representing about 40% of all insect species.fossilesqueM to Science MemesEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square8linkfedilink
minus-squarefossilesqueOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-21 year agoIsopods are cheating. They’re ancient, like older than bones. Colepotera are the new kids on the block with the shiny new sports car wings. Fun facts, though, for readers: Of the roughly 1 million named insect species on Earth, about 400,000 are beetles. https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2024/why-are-there-so-many-types-of-beetles
minus-squarebazus1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 year agoNo, what’s cheating is sticking with Insecta. It’s a short walk up and over to get to Crustacea->Copepoda and we can have more biomass than terrestrial life. ed: I applaud your work. Science-high-five.
Isopods are cheating. They’re ancient, like older than bones. Colepotera are the new kids on the block with the shiny new sports car wings.
Fun facts, though, for readers: Of the roughly 1 million named insect species on Earth, about 400,000 are beetles. https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2024/why-are-there-so-many-types-of-beetles
No, what’s cheating is sticking with Insecta. It’s a short walk up and over to get to Crustacea->Copepoda and we can have more biomass than terrestrial life.
ed: I applaud your work. Science-high-five.
Lazy passive sci comm. :)