Project Noah Fact of the Day: Lanternfies were so named because early scientists, including the founder of modern taxonomy Carl Linneus, erroneously believed that their inflated snouts, the so-called lanterns, lit up at night.
Lanternflies (Pyrops candelaria) spotted in Laos by PN user FlorianMeier.
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Project Noah Fact of the Day: Lanternfies were so named because early scientists, including the founder of modern taxonomy Carl Linneus, erroneously believed that their inflated snouts, the so-called lanterns, lit up at night.
Lanternflies (Pyrops candelaria) spotted in Laos by PN user FlorianMeier.
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Weird and beautiful!
Gorgeous.
Really beautiful!
:) thx
Beautiful Photos!
Oh wow!!!