Science Comedian » species http://www.sciencecomedian.com Brian Malow Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:26:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 New species of insect identified in eBay purchase http://www.sciencecomedian.com/blog/2008/08/new-species-of-insect-identified-in-ebay-purchase/ http://www.sciencecomedian.com/blog/2008/08/new-species-of-insect-identified-in-ebay-purchase/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:25:24 +0000 Brian http://www.sciencecomedian.com/blog/?p=318 Dr. Richard Harrington, vice-president of the UK’s Royal Entomological Society, bought a fossilized insect on eBay and it turned out to be a previously unknown species of aphid.

He bought the insect, which was encased in a 40-50 million-year-old piece…

]]> Dr. Richard Harrington, vice-president of the UK’s Royal Entomological Society, bought a fossilized insect on eBay and it turned out to be a previously unknown species of aphid.

He bought the insect, which was encased in a 40-50 million-year-old piece of amber, for £20 (about $37).

“It’s a rather unusual route to come by (a new species),” Harrington explained.

I guess eBay hasn’t identified all the bugs in their system.

Read the full story on BBC News

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