Hello, Ilomantis Ginsburgae!

This headline from The Washington Post tells the story:Post headline on praying mantisYes, scientist have discovered a new type of praying mantis and they have named it for Glorious RBG for two reasons: (1) to honor Ginsburg's lifelong efforts toward gender equality, because, in a departure from previous practice, they based the identification of the new insect on examination of its female genitalia, rather than the same-old technique of using the male parts, and (2) because the new species' neck plate is said to look like Justice Ginsburg's famed jabots, or collars, that she wears over her judicial robe.I don't find the praying mantis' jabot nearly as charming as the justice's--Ilomantis ginsburgaeRBG-10106-028-CC--but maybe that's the non-entomologist in me. Anyway, hail, Ilomantis ginsburgae!

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