# @houstonpubmedia on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C5O_PbPrXSE
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66404344-houstonpubmedia-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/df22008c5e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-04-01T21:36:55.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jayla Rhodes (@jayrhomedia) — https://gondola.cc/jayrhomedia

## Caption

Meet the new tiger beetle discovered and named after Houston—Eunota houstoniana. 
Researchers with Rice University and Sam Houston State University discovered a new tiger beetle species in and around Houston. 

The species was once synonymous with common tiger beetles, but a team of researchers discovered Eunota houstoniana had different physical and genetic characteristics from other common species.

Read about the new beetle discovery at houstonpublicmedia.org
#wildlife #beetles #newspecies

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beetles, wildlife, newspecies

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