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The genus belongs to the Meganeuridae, a family including other similarly giant dragonfly-like insects ranging from the Late Carboniferous to Middle Permian. With single wing length reaching 32 centimetres (13 in) [1] and a wingspan about 65–75 cm (2.13–2.46 ft), [2] [3] [4] M. monyi is one of the largest-known flying insect species.
The complete reconstructed wing had an estimated total length of 305 millimetres (12.0 in), making it the largest insect wing ever found (with a resulting wing span of 690 millimetres (27 in)). [6] The holotype is held in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. [7]
[4] [2] It is one of the largest arthropods ever known, as large as the eurypterid Jaekelopterus rhenaniae, whose length is estimated at 2.33–2.59 metres (7 ft 8 in – 8 ft 6 in). [14] The 2024 study reported the complete head and trunk of a juvenile specimen of Arthropleura sp. (MNHN.F.SOT002123) from Kasimovian (~305 Ma) Montceau-les-Mines ...
While its fossils have been known since 1854, a large gap has existed in the understanding of this creature because none of the remains had a well-preserved head. ... the biggest bug ever known at ...
T. gigantea is the largest giant ant ever found, larger than the biggest extant giant ants, which are the five-centimetre-long (2.0 in) driver ants of the genus Dorylus, found in Central and East Africa. [1] [6] The fossils indicate that the males grew up to 3 centimetres (1.2 in) and the queens grew to 7 centimetres (2.8 in). It had a wingspan ...
Meganisoptera is an extinct order of large dragonfly-like insects, informally known as griffenflies or (incorrectly) as giant dragonflies. The order was formerly named Protodonata , the "proto-Odonata", for their similar appearance and supposed relation to modern Odonata ( damselflies and dragonflies ).
[21]: 399 In 1940 (in Noble County, Oklahoma), a fossil of Meganeuropsis americana represented the largest complete insect wing ever found. [25] Juvenile insects are also known from the Carboniferous Period. [26]
A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen.. Fittingly named Hemsworth, the ...