July 15, 2008


Mystery Bug at London Natural History Museum

The London Natural History Museum, with 28 million insect species in its collection, is having a hard time identifying an insect that has shown up in its own gardens.

The almond-shaped insect, about the size of a grain of rice, was first seen in March 2007 on some of the plane trees that grow on the grounds of the 19th century museum, collections manager Max Barclay said Tuesday.

Within three months, it had become the most common insect in the garden, and it was also spotted in other central London parks, he said.

posted by Deron Bauman in insects, museums 

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2 Responses to “Mystery Bug at London Natural History Museum”

  1. Sheila Ryan on July 15th, 2008 at 8:33 pm

    28 million species! — and that in one major museum collection alone.

  2. Cindy Scroggins on July 16th, 2008 at 8:28 am

    Thas a watta bug.

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