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Largest Insect in the World
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6th December 2011, 18:35
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6th December 2011, 18:41
(This post was last modified: 6th December 2011 18:42 by reverendjeremiah.)
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RE: Largest Insect in the World
![[Image: article-2068547-0F02AA4600000578-402_634x436.jpg]](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/12/01/article-2068547-0F02AA4600000578-402_634x436.jpg) ![[Image: article-2068547-0F02AA4A00000578-492_634x370.jpg]](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/12/01/article-2068547-0F02AA4A00000578-492_634x370.jpg)
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6th December 2011, 18:52
(This post was last modified: 6th December 2011 18:57 by Chuck.)
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RE: Largest Insect in the World
Largest insect ever known to have lived, Meganeuropsis permiana, an extinct order of giant dragon flies, it weighed 450 grams or 1 pound:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1Z5_frqW26w/Sg...ropsis.jpg The largest creepy crawly ever known to have lived on land, Arthropleura, and extinct species of millipede, the largest of which was 6 feet long and weighted about 20 lbs: http://whirledview.typepad.com/whirledvi...eura_1.jpg |
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6th December 2011, 19:10
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RE: Largest Insect in the World
Now that's just goddamn awesome. I thought the largest insect would be a beetle but this one appears to be more like a grasshopper or a locust than a beetle.
Still - SCIENCE! |
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6th December 2011, 23:52
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8th December 2011, 16:23
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RE: Largest Insect in the World
I would shit myself, even though I am not that afraid of bugs.
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