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🧊 Ice Crawlers

Japanese Ice Crawler

Galloisiana nipponensis

Vulnerable

About

A nocturnal wingless insect found at high elevations in Japan. One of the most primitive living insects, often called a living fossil from the Permian period.

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Did You Know?

Ice crawlers are considered living fossils β€” their order dates back to the Permian period, 250 million years ago, before the dinosaurs evolved.