A fossil of the ‘biggest bug that ever lived’ has been discovered in northern England. The fossil belongs to a creature named Arthropleura, which was about 22 inches wide and 8.6 feet long when it was alive. Its weight was believed to be up to 110 pounds, which makes it the largest known invertebrate in history. ‘It was a complete fluke of a discovery,’ said Neil Davies, a lecturer at the University of Cambridge’s Department of Earth Science. It was a former student of Davies’ who first spotted

BIGGEST BUG EVER: Scientists have confirmed the largest bug to ever exist — a millipede that was “as big as a car,” weighed over 100 pounds and roamed the Earth before dinosaurs. https://cbsn.ws/32gZ9VR | CBS News

Bien avant les dinosaures, un géant ailé semait la terreur autour de lui : Meganeura, une libellule aux dimensions gargantuesques capable de voler à plus de 30 km/h. | Nat Geo Wild France

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