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How did an entomologist discover a new species of insect?

How did an entomologist discover a new species of insect?

Answer: By browsing on Flickr

While browsing Flickr one day, entomologist Shaun Winterton came across a photo of an insect that Guek "Kurt" Hock Ping took while hiking in the Malaysian jungle, engadget reported. This photo was of a Malaysian Lacewing that had an unfamiliar black-and-blue pattern along its wings. "When his colleagues couldn't identify the markings, he realized he was staring at a new species and hurriedly emailed the photographer -- who, a year later, had captured one of the elusive creatures," according to engadget.com. That captured insect was sent to Simon Brooks at the Natural History Museum, where the suspicion was confirmed.