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I've been going through unsorted accessions in the #Australian National #Insect #Collection (#ANIC) here in Canberra to find any plume #moths (#Pterophoridae) and many-plume moths (#Alucitidae) before doing more work to revise the fauna of these two families.

Today, I found this specimen collected by David Rentz in #Kuranda #Queensland in 2007 - it's not a known named Australian species but it looks a close match for Platyptilia microbscura recorded only from #Misool, an island to the west of #NewGuinea:

https://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Pterophoridae/Platyptilia/Platyptilia%20microbscura.htm

#entomology #Lepidoptera

TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨Apr 20

🪼🏝️ Golden #jellyfish in the #Misool marine #lake lost their ability to sting due to a lack of #predators. The #animals obtain #energy from sunlight through a symbiotic relationship with #algae.

👉 https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/jellyfish-lake-misool-indonesia

#dinosaurs #birds #evolution #paleontology #science #nature #history #biology #research #asteroid

Thousands of jellyfish moved into a lake on an Indonesian island – then a strange thing happened to their bodies | Discover Wildlife

After ending up in the sheltered waters of the lake in Raja Ampat, the jellies evolved. Today, people can swim with them – if they’re incredibly careful not to harm these delicate stingless creatures.

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