image: Lichnomesopsyche gloriae (Mecoptera: Mesopsychidae), from the late Middle Jurassic of northeastern China, showing head, antennae and ~ 10 mm long, hairy proboscis, interpreted as fluid-feeding on gymnosperm plant fluids. Specimen CNU-M-NN2005- 024, housed at Capital Normal University in Beijing, China. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Nov. 6, 2009, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Dong Ren of the Capital Normal University in Beijing, China and colleagues, was titled, "A Probable Pollination Mode Before Angiosperms: Eurasian, Long-Proboscid Scorpionflies." view more
Credit: Image courtesy of Wenying Wu