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Ancient 'Frankenstein' Bug Mixed Grasshopper, Wasp & Roach Parts
By Tia Ghose, Senior Writer | October 17, 2016 06:18am ET
 
Ancient 'Frankenstein' Bug Mixed Grasshopper, Wasp & Roach Parts

An ancient wingless wasp that lived during the Cretaceous Era was was recently discovered trapped in amber. The weird creature is unlike any insect known to scientists. It had the body of a cockroach, the legs of a grasshopper, the antenna of an ant and the face of a wasp.

Credit: Photo by George Poinar, Jr., courtesy of Oregon State University

Scientists have recently discovered a mysterious, 100-million-year-old insect trapped in amber — and as far as anyone knows, it is unlike any other insect that has ever lived on Earth.

The weird insect, called Aptenoperissus burmanicus, is a mash-up of many other creatures: It has the face of a wasp but no wings, the legs of a grasshopper, the antenna of an ant and the body of a cockroach.

http://www.livescience.com/56504-cretaceous-insect-had-wasp-grasshopper-parts.html
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