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When Insects Really Were Giants

Could insects really become giants? We leave the bus-sized beetles behind and explore the enormous arthropods that genuinely inhabited the prehistoric world.

Posted byThe Curious Gardener1st Sep 202630th Aug 2026Posted inScientific ArticlesTags:Arthropleura, Carboniferous insects, giant arthropods, giant insects, insect evolution, Meganeuropsis, prehistoric insects, prehistoric scorpionsLeave a comment on When Insects Really Were Giants

If Insects Became the Size of Buses

For one impossible day, Britain’s insects become enormous: football-sized aphids, bicycle-sized bees, car-sized butterflies and beetles as big as buses. Gardening carries on regardless.

Posted byThe Curious Gardener12th Aug 202613th Aug 2026Posted inWhen the World StopsTags:aphids, apocalypse, Bees, Beetles, dark humour, Garden, Gardening, giant insects, Spoof4 Comments on If Insects Became the Size of Buses

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