New Species Of Beetle Found In Arizona

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If you suffer from arachnophobia, this may not be good news to you!   Jut Wynne, a researcher from Northern Arizona University, has just discovered an unclassified species of beetle.  The beetle, now called Eleodes wynnei, has long antennae and thin legs, covered with hair and dwells in a hard to reach caves in Arizona and southern Utah.  Wynne has discovered more than 20 species of insects that live in the caves of the Grand Canyon region.  To learn more, click here.

 

 

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