An insect family is represented by only one species in Britain, found particularly at the RSPB reserve at Minsmere; what family? (Common or scientific name acceptable)
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The beetle family Sphaeriusidae?
Not a beetle of any sort.
A hemimetabolous insect.....
Just to be clear, the family is widespread elsewhere in the world, but the sole British species was discovered here in the 1990’s.
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Please could you give the name of the relevant Order?
Please could you give the name of the relevant Order?
Neuroptera
Antlions (Myrmeleontidae): Euroleon nostras
Hooray! Over to you.
Which bird was thought to be the last surviving member of a bird line that branched off in its own direction 64 million years ago, soon after non-avian dinosaurs became extinct?
Hoatzin
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It's your turn
It's your turn
What noteworthy animals were born for the first time in the UK at Windsor in 1824?
Tigers?
No not tigers. (I'm sure tigers were born in the Tower Menagerie before 1824.)
Ligers
What is the connection between the bare-tailed woolly opossum and the fanaloka?
Do they both store fat in their tails?