How Dinosaurs Failed to Invent Clothes Moths, Among Other Things

摘要

So there I was, relaxing at the lake, lazily pondering what to include in the next Terminal Segment. Within moments, I watched in amazement as two hover flies buzzed intensely at one another in a mid-air standoff of some sort. It struck me that theywere unaware of or uninterested in my presence, and that what I was witnessing was very deeply disconnected from humans, both entomological and otherwise. This started me fantasizing about the deep past, and insect life in the absence of humanity. I likethinking paleontologically, and I have spent much of my time involved with paleontology as well as entomology. And this made me think of clothes moths.