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The research paper Insect Diversity in the Fossil Record notes: "Insects possess a surprisingly extensive fossil record. Compilation of the geochronologic ranges of insect families demonstrates that their diversity exceeds that of preserved vertebrate tetrapods through 91 percent of their evolutionary history." Yet, as entomologist Christopher O'Toole admits in his book Alien Empire-An Exploration of the Lives of Insects: “There are no fossils of insects which are intermediate between the wingless and winged state." Sandra Schachat, a fellow at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, points out: "Once winged insects originated, they diversified very, very quickly. So quickly that their diversification appears, from a geological perspective and the evidence available in the fossil record, to have been instantaneous.” Rhyniognatha hirsti has been touted as one of the earliest flying insects. However, no wings survive. So then how was the conclusion arrived at that it provides evidence of early winged insects? From its mouthparts of course! In 2004 entomologists Engel and Grimaldi postulated that Rhyniognatha likely had wings, as they determined its mouthparts resembled those of a mayfly, a flying insect. Nevertheless, a detailed reanalysis by Professors Carolin Haug and Joachim Haug in 2017 came to an entirely different interpretation. As their research paper The presumed oldest flying insect: more likely a myriapod? points out: “The early fossil record of insects is scarce, with only few finds in the Devonian. All these finds appear problematic and controversial, partly due to incomplete preservation and challenging interpretation of many structures. We provide details of one of these important forms, Rhyniognatha hirsti . . . . The fossil has been interpreted as the remains of one of the earliest flying insects. The specimen mainly preserves the remains of the head. The structures of the mandibles have been used as a main argument for an interpretation as an insect, but these are in fact less easy to interpret. New observed structures include the remains of a head capsule and an additional pair of mouth parts. Structures formerly suggested to represent remains of the head capsule or apodemes are more likely to be representing glands of ectodermal origin. The newly observed structures do not support an interpretation as an insect. Instead they make the interpretation as a myriapod more likely, possibly as a centipede.” “The wings of the insects did not evolve from any extremities or from anything else. They began as exceedingly small appendages sticking up from the back. According to one theory, they could have used their prospective wings as a sort of flyswatter for catching insects, until they one day found that they could also fly and carry themselves up from the ground through the air or down from the trees.” So states the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, reporting on research as to how insects got their wings. “I myself am convinced that the theory of evolution, especially the extent to which it’s been applied, will be one of the great jokes in the history books in the future. Posterity will marvel that so very flimsy and dubious an hypothesis could be accepted with the incredible credulity that it has. I think I spoke to you before about this age as one of the most credulous in history, and I would include evolution as an example.” The words of British broadcaster and writer Malcolm Muggeridge in lectures he gave at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

i live in eastern washington in the United States and find jumping spider pup-tents often filled with parts of dead spider and several segmented larval exoskeletons, maybe 5-7mm in length, any clue what group?

Chocolate soldiers and Black Prince

How ironic that the closest thing to a real Xenomorph is used for pest control.

It is so weird so the definition of insect is so arbitrary 🎲. It is randomly in between the major milestones of: • 6 legs • flight

The larvae is probably of the hatch-as-soon-as-physically-possible lifestyle strategy. Ironically, similar selection pressure that likely led to complete-metamorphosis insects. Makes sense, as they need to make use of the food source before other predators realise the aphid mass. And aphids cannot fight back. They are still developing, so are clumsy. They are really doing a mix between: • finding food • getting accustomed to being alive and learning their skills • still developing internally like a fetus

Large caterpillar 12cm found below lemon scented gum Toongabbie Gippsland

poor cute aphid nymphs he is so friendly

I remember seeing hundreds of them as a kid in the 70s on any Gumtree

I have seen a lot of them in my place. I am from India by the way

Searched this up cuz my parents always scold me for being scared of bugs :(

30/11/2024 I have just taken photos of a beautiful specimen which arrived on my deck this morning - in New Zealand. A female I believe. Thank you for your Video it's great :)

Love your videos, have just started watching them. I live in the hills in Perth & am a keen organic gardener & insect watcher. I use the 'see & squish' principle with pest insects, that way quite a few remain for the predators & I leave the squished insects behind for any keen eyed bird to eat.

Great channel

Lowest temperature flying insect?

Great info and delivered it nicely Doc. Thanks

Interesting, how many beetles get called "scarab"? This is quite different to the beetle we called green scarab beetle in the Kimberley region Western Australia. Thanks for the video, they are spectacular.

Hello and thanks for your informative video! I’m on 11 hectares of lots of gum trees we have grown over 24 years from an old sheep farm. I found an emperor gum moth on 27/10/24 in Wamboin, NSW Just north of Canberra.

Hello and thanks for your informative video! I’m on 11 hectares of lots of gum trees we have grown over 24 years from an old sheep farm. I found an emperor gum moth on 27/10/24 in Wamboin, NSW Just north of Canberra.

My kale and broccoli are all covered with aphids and mummies and they become inedible. What can I do?

i got bit bi a fli

Hi, hmmm.. how about a deterrent around the tree trunk to prevent (or kill?) those larvae who decide to crawl down the trunk to soil? Have you tried covering the soil maybe to dripline, to prevent emerging flies from getting out, perhaps using fly-screen mesh?

Can u make a video of Australia apex insect pretdor please 🙏

this is so interesting! most times when i see mosquitos or roaches i think about how i wish they didnt exist😭😂 but they definitely all do some good at least for the environment. thank you now i will be more empathetic toward them😂🤝🏼

Found a female Helena moth the other day in the blue mountains!

These have completely eaten all the leaves on my young Hawthown tree. It started showing damage in the Summer. I thought it was just underwatered. However, by the end of September (UK seasons), all the leaves are skeletonised and brown. It's only then I noticed the larva, which were all over the tree. I spent a long time removing them by hand on Oct 1st, but I think it's too late for the tree. It's 3 years old, but was only transplanted to this spot last year, so it's not very well established and about 5 ft tall. What are the chances of it's survival, as we are approaching Winter now, here in the UK? Thanks

Earwig copycat!!!!!! 😡

Just found one this morning in Kurri Kurri, a male. Absolutely gorgeous!

saw heaps as a child, not so much nowadays. far swVic

incredible video! thank you for sharing this knowledge

Found a Helena Gum Moth in my backyard, in Leopold a suburb of Geelong Victoria 👐

I used to find hoverflies adorable. Now I know they're big damn heroes too!

ONE minute bugs?

We had a heavy aphid infestation on our sweet peas. We spent hours every day looking at the sweet peas, as they were trained up the sides of our garden seating. I decided reluctantly to sacrifice the sweet peas in hopes of attracting ladybirds, but no ladybirds came that I noticed, only hoverflies. Lots of hoverflies. It was looking very bad for the sweet peas. Then in a mere two days the aphids vanished, replaced by their empty husks. Strangely I hadn't seen any hoverfly larvae, so I'm utterly perplexed. I wondered if the sweet peas themselves had killed the aphids. Anyway, the sweet peas recovered almost immediately. So next year we are going to grow sweet peas all up one side of the house. Anyone any idea what most likely happened to our aphids??

Man Ty for helping me😅 my biology test is tomorrow

Can It swim??

I don’t fear any of them am I a psychopath just wanted to know why people run around seeing insects 😅

Triple biggie 🍟 franc

Great videos new subscriber!

can spider flies bite and sting humans ?

How do I get rid of them? They’ve completely taken over my cantaloupe plants and if they’re harmful to animals then I need to protect my dogs who run around the yard. Suggestions please?

I don't mind some bugs but some creep me out like centipedes cockroaches isopods ect but I like bee wasps ants mantis

i’m extremely scared of bugs and those fly sounds at the beginning caught me so off guard

Thanks. I just found a freaking moth in my house, but was wondering why I'm so scared of them.

Just found one😂

Just found a ton in my garden on my perennials! So interesting!

I'm guessing Hawaiian ranchers would have a very different opinion to your spittlebug question: ruclips.net/video/m16mfcQM0QQ/видео.html

You would have fun with Chironomus. I cultivate the larvae (bloodworms) for fish food. Sometimes I see the pupa at the surface and a race ensues to dunk it before the adult slithers out and flies off. Blink and you've lost.

Thanks so much for the videos! I'm curious.. How do the wasps figure out where the Aphids are? Is it a pheromone they produce or something? I'm just thinking, if I want to get a jump start on the issue.. Say, I have an aphid problem this year, I wait, but the wasps never come, and the hover flies don't either. Is there anything I can do to make sure they are there next year? I doubt anyone if farming them and selling them. If I'm wrong please share where I can purchase some aphid mummies with wasps in their tummies, or baby hover flies with hungry eyes. Short of that, this might sound gross, but I'm just curious if anyone has tried it. If it is a smell of some sort, what if I make it much much stronger. To do this, I take a bunch of plants covered in Aphids, cut them, bag them, put them in the freezer, shake off and collect the dead aphids, blend them with some water, filter it, put it in a spray bottle, and spray their fragmented remains onto next years plants? Unless.. I just thought of this.. The plants signal the wasps and hover flies.. I guess the plants would have to be blended and sprayed as well. If, by some slim chance, this hasn't been tried, let me know and I'll give it a go.