An insect that has been extinct for decades is making a comeback

2024-01-16 2024-01-16T18:50:33Z

Arabia Weather - A team of scientists led by Dr. Paige Howth, an expert in entomology in San Diego, confirmed the rediscovery of approximately 20 to 30 species of “lobster” in the wild environment in 2001, after these species had been extinct for a period of more than 80 years. Now these locusts appear in an unfamiliar place, clinging to survival on a volcanic terrain called the Pyramid Ball.

The San Diego Zoo invited visitors to enjoy seeing these unique Australian insects that are navigating the extinction crisis, despite environmental challenges such as weather disasters and landslides. The pyramid ball is considered an unsafe place for endangered species, as they face a shortage of sustainable plant species as food for them, and one species causes... Only grass plants provide food for these insects, and these plants are at risk because of the carbon gas that surrounds them, which is difficult to completely remove due to their roots clinging to the soil on the slopes.

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Discovery of a rare insect

Entomologist Paige Howth says the discovery is an excellent way to raise awareness of the little-known organisms that run the world. She said:

“Invertebrates, through many guises such as pollination, decomposition, predation, and simply as food organisms for other animals, are essential to the possibility of life for us all.” These statements came according to a study published in the scientific journal Science Alert.

The study showed that crayfish insects had previously gathered on fig branches in Moreton Bay and woolly tea trees, on its island of the same name off the east coast of Australia. However, this insect became the favorite food of the rats that invaded the island in 1918. In addition, this insect was consumed. A wide range of native species, including five birds, two plants and 12 other invertebrates, are rare.