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ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to Palaeontology 🦖@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months ago

Ancient iridescent flat bug preserved in amber may have taken part in pollination

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Ancient iridescent flat bug preserved in amber may have taken part in pollination

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ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to Palaeontology 🦖@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months ago
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When we think of pollinating insects, bees, butterflies, or flies usually come to mind—but rarely true bugs. Yet it seems that in the past, they also played an important role in plant pollination. A Hungarian research group has now confirmed, based on an ancient bug preserved in nearly 100-million-year-old Burmese amber, that this behavior may have been more widespread among bugs in earlier stages of Earth's history.
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