Post by joachim on Dec 7, 2018 12:57:54 GMT -8
Gelsenkirchen (dpo) - Normally, football and entomology are not very common. But a discovery in Gelsenkirchen now provides bright excitement among biologists: In the middle of the Veltins Arena, entomologists from the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn discovered a previously unknown ladybug species that lives there on the lawn.
The ladybug variant, which is to be given the scientific name Coccinellida gelsenkirchensis, differs from its members, in particular in that its top wings have no points. In addition, the animals crawl relatively disoriented across the lawn, as they - unlike their conspecifics - have six left legs.
The ladybug variant, which is to be given the scientific name Coccinellida gelsenkirchensis, differs from its members, in particular in that its top wings have no points. In addition, the animals crawl relatively disoriented across the lawn, as they - unlike their conspecifics - have six left legs.
According to the current state of research, the Veltins Arena is the only known habitat of the pointless species. This is also surprising because ladybugs usually do not even settle in Bundesliga stadiums: "The sensitive animals do not like fast movements or too much noise such as a homage to the home team, "said the Bonn entomologist Johannes Schmalenbach. "But that does not seem to be a problem here at Schalke."
As Schalke 04 could win a match, the ladybug is not seen anymore.
Joachim
