Boffins have reconstructed how a 47-million-year-old moth fossil
looked while alive: a psychedelically-coloured insect whose
wings both camouflaged it and warned away predators. fossil_moth
An artist's impression of the original colours of the moth.
Credit: McNamara, ME et al. PLoS Biology The moth once had
yellow, green, … "The fossil's closest modern-day relatives ...
produce hydrogen cyanide." Thank you, I missed that. Day Glo
helped it warn off predators??? Obviously it did not work out to
well if it is extinct now is it? Ah but it did... > Obviously it
did not work out to well if it is extinct now is it? Ah but it
did. Over the intervening 47m years, that moth has evolved into
the day-glo jacketed motorway construction worker. Thanks for
the heads up. I didn't realise that the day-glo jacketed
motorway construction worker was toxic to eat. Guess I'll just
have to find something else for lunch. Just add garlic... ...
and even day-glo jacketed motorway construction workers become
palatable. "“Biology is un