A new species of fairyfly, Tinkerbella nana, has been described by John T Huber of Natural Resources Canada and John S Noyes of London’s Natural History Museum. They named a new genus for the species after the fairy Tinker Bell from JM Barrie’s Peter Pan, while the specific epithet they chose is derived from the name of the children’s dog, Nana, in the same play.
Photograph: Dr John T Huber
Footage shows Edward Archbold, 32, eating live insects and worms during a cockroach-eating contest in Miami, Florida. Archbold won the competition, but he collapsed shortly afterwards and later died in hospital. The cause of his death has not been confirmed. None of the other contestants became ill
Photograph: Julian Stratenschulte/EPA
From our latest week in wildlife gallery:
Female ladybirds mate with up to 20 partners and may lay more than 2,000 eggs
Photograph: Jamal Nasrallah/EPA
A caterpillar lies on a wild flower at a farm at wadi Al-Sheta, west of Amman, Jordan - one of the stunning images in this week’s wildlife gallery from our environment team
Photograph: Jeff Horner/AP
It’s always hard to choose which photo from our week in wildlife gallery we should Tumble - but this week was especially tough! Check out the other photos here
Photograph: Jeff Roberson/AP
A praying mantis at the baseball and a squirrel at the golf - the pick of this week’s images from the natural world
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