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Word: agrippina (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1930
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...usually, two pairs of wings attached to the thorax. Smallest insects are 1/100 in. long, scarcely discernible to the human eye. There is a chunky beetle (Macrodontia cervicovnis) 6 in. long, and some stick-insects reach 13-in. in length. Insect with the greatest wingspread is the moth Erebus agrippina, spread 11 in. But a fossil dragon fly had a 2-ft. spread...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Healing Maggots | 11/3/1930 | See Source »

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