Michael Skvarla stopped at the store to purchase some milk in 2012 when he saw the bug on the side of the building A giant insect that hasn't been seen in North America in several decades turned up at ...

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(WJW) — An insect found on the side of a Walmart in Arkansas is exciting and mystifying researchers all while making history. The Polystoechotes punctata, commonly known as the giant lacewing, ...

A giant insect that hasn't been seen in North America in several decades turned up at a Walmart in Arkansas. The Jurassic-Era bug — known as a Polystoechotes punctata, or giant lacewing — was spotted ...

A giant bug found on the wall of an Arkansas Walmart turns out to be a very rare insect not seen in the area for decades. A giant, flying bug plucked from the outside wall of an Arkansas Walmart has ...

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Giant giant peacock moth on branch. About 300 million years ago, insects were scales larger than they are today: a shudder-inducing thought for anyone with entomophobia. Griffinflies, for instance, ...

An insect found on the side of a Fayetteville, Arkansas, big-box store has been identified as the species Polystoechotes punctata, which belongs to a family of insects that predates the dinosaurs.

On a routine trip to an Arkansas Walmart to pick up milk, a university scientist made a historically buggy discovery. Michael Skvarla, director of Penn State University's Insect Identification Lab, ...