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Major Project - 'Memory Beetle' (Draft 1)
Major Project - 'Memory Beetle' (Draft 1)
Major Project - 'Memory Beetle' (Draft 1)
This insect will attach itself to any mammalian ear, and partially burrow into the ear canal, before
bypassing the middle ear, and attaching to the auditory nerve directly; sending their own electrical
impulses to the brain to trigger hallucinations.
The fringes, on the antennae and protruding appendages emerging from the covered underbelly of
the insect connect and produce electrical signals (nerve impulses) further down into the ear.
These animals often work together in large swarms, (each bug being only 1-5 mm) but it only takes
one to immobilise an adult mammal for 2-5 seconds. They will warn each other using the electrical
impulses from their appendages to communicate to wider group.
Additional Research
Binomial Nomenclature: the formal system for naming species of living things.
Life- Domain- Kingdom- Phylum- Class- Order – Family- Genus- Species
http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1649/564
http://tolweb.org/Ptiliidae
http://tolweb.org/onlinecontributors/app;jsessionid=6BA685637CC8C6F5ED10BA10FC3B5811?page=ViewImageData&service=external&sp=304
https://www.bbcearth.com/blog/?article=the-worlds-most-electric-animals
https://www.naturespot.org.uk/taxonomy/term/20664
https://bugguide.net/node/view/874956/bgimage
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/523979827/vintage-lithograph-of-the-featherwing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Acrotrichis_insularis
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/beetles/featherwing_beetles.htm
https://britishbirds.co.uk/birding-resources/the-british-birds-list/