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.
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.
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.