A newly beetle species has been named after young Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.
Nelloptodes gretae bears little resemblance to its namesake – it is less than 1mm long, and has no wings or eyes.
The insect does, however, have two long pigtail-like antennae.
Natural History Museum in London Scientist Dr Michael Darby, who chose the name said that he was “immensely impressed” by the Swedish teenager’s environmental campaigning.
Nelloptodes gretae was first found in Kenya in the 1960s by William Block, who donated his samples to the Natural History Museum in London in 1978. It has been held in one of the museum’s collections since. Dr Darby was studying this collection when he came across the then-nameless species
