{"id":760,"date":"2008-10-28T12:23:16","date_gmt":"2008-10-28T16:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=760"},"modified":"2008-12-08T20:06:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-09T00:06:00","slug":"vampire-moths-and-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=760","title":{"rendered":"Vampire moths and evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to Jennifer Zaspel, an entomologist at the University of Florida. Her work on evolution in action was in National Geographic News <\/a>yesterday.<\/p>\n

A previously unknown population of vampire moths has been found in Siberia. And in a twist worthy of a Halloween horror movie, entomologists say the bloodsuckers may have evolved from a purely fruit-eating species.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

If it turns out that Zaspel has indeed caught a fruit-eating moth evolving blood-feeding behavior, it could provide clues as to how some moths develop a taste for blood.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s a little bit more info on Zaspel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to Jennifer Zaspel, an entomologist at the University of Florida. Her work on evolution in action was in National Geographic News yesterday. A previously unknown population of vampire moths has been found in Siberia. 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