Scientists Discover a Strange Insect in the Himalayas Where No One Expected It

A newly identified Himalayan wormlion challenges the idea that its genus lives only in the tropics, raising the possibility of undiscovered relatives on nearby mountain slopes. In rain-sheltered patches of sand and soil on the southern slopes of the Himalayas, wormlion larvae build funnel-shaped pits to catch prey. Larvae belonging to this group were first [...]

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