If you’re down under and you give the right tree a rustle, you might encounter a record-breaking, globally recognized music icon. Or at least a bug named after her.
Meet Swiftiephylus , a newly described group of Australian insects. The big-eyed bugs — each smaller than a lentil — honor Taylor Swift in recognition of her “show-stopping talent, heart-wrenching lyrics, and the joy and comfort she has brought to many,” researchers report September 9 in Insect Systematics & Evolution .
There are some 10,000 species of herbivorous plant bugs found all over the world, but little was known about their diversity in Australia. In the early 2000s, a…
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