Some 60 million years ago, a little moth landed on an ancient sycamore tree to lay eggs. The larvae grew, nestled inside a comfy enclosure between the leaf’s thin layers. Once hatched, they ate their way through to the surface and left to perpetuate their kin. Most of the chewed-up leaves swirled down to the earth, decomposing shortly after.

But the leaf was #fossilised and we therefore know that modern #insects are far more disastrous for #plants.

But why?

#biology https://nautil.us/the-invasion-of-the-super-insects-246813/