[SGVLUG] New Bug! Malaysian uploads interesting bug photo on flickr, bug specialists spots it.

[matti]

Well, newly documented... interesting story how the net changes things


Bug gurus spot new species -- on Flickr

A photographer in Malaysia uploads photos of an unusual-looking unclassified insect to the Internet, and a bug specialist in California happens to spot them. Next thing you know the bug has an official new name.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57492491-1/bug-gurus-spot-new-species-on-flickr/