An insect found on the side of a Fayetteville, Arkansas, big-box store has been identified as the species Polystoechotes punctata, which belongs to a family of insects that predates the dinosaurs.

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You can get pretty much anything at Walmart these days — milk, bread, toys, furniture, electronics and, it turns out, dinosaur-era insects thought to have disappeared from large swaths of North ...

The discovery that a Jurassic moth lacewing mimicked a co-occurring fossil lichen to promote survival predates modern lichen-insect associations by 165 million years Scientists have uncovered the ...

For the first time in more than 50 years, a giant lacewing (Polystoechotes punctata) has been found in eastern North America. The discovery raises new questions about the distribution of the ...

Chemical defenses of plants not only affect the growth and development of herbivores, but also, indirectly, the next consumers in the food chain. A new study shows that herbivores and their predators ...

A giant lacewing hadn't been collected in the eastern U.S. for more than 50 years—until a scientist stumbled upon a specimen at a Fayetteville Walmart. Reading time 4 minutes A rare species, once ...

A new study shows that herbivores and their predators have evolved efficient strategies to deal with toxic plant secondary metabolites. Caterpillars of the diamondback moth deploy a specific gut ...