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Jurassic Lacewings imitated lichen to hide from predators | Paleontology – SwordsToday.ie
Paleontologists in China have found fossil evidence of a simulated link between two species of worm lacewings and the fossil lichen that occur together.
Paleontologists in China have found fossil evidence of a simulated link between two species of worm lacewings and the fossil lichen that occur together. Daohugouthallus ciliiferus. Discovery, a Paper In the journal eLife, Predicts modern lichen-insect communities of 165 million years, indicating that by the middle of the Mesozoic period, the lichen-insect mimetic system was well established and provided lacewings with stunning survival techniques.
The ecological reconstruction of the 165-millio…
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