Largest Land-Dwelling “Bug” of All Time

Largest Land-Dwelling “Bug” of All Time

Source: GeologyIn

The giant extinct invertebrate Arthropleura resembled some modern millipedes, but could grow to be more than one-and-a-half feet wide, and may sometimes have been more than six feet long. 

Fossil of Arthropleura, an extinct arthropod- Took the photo at Senckenberg Museum of Frankfurt

Photo: Sven Tränkner

The giant extinct invertebrate Arthropleura resembled some modern millipedes, but could grow to be more than one-and-a-half feet wide, and may sometimes have been more than six feet long. Reconstruction of the giant millipede Arthropleura from the Pennsylvanian and earliest Permian of North America and Europe. Read more.