Wild & Weird: Horsefly Named After Beyoncé's Buttocks
In an unusually bold step for invertebrate taxonomy, an Australian insect with a golden tuchus has just been officially named after pop singer Beyoncé Knowles, also widely recognized as possessing first-rate glutei maximi. The fly, of which the first specimen was apparently captured the same year Beyoncé was born (1981), was dubbed Scaptia (Plinthina) beyonceae by a 24-year-old male researcher from the land Down Under.
Many horseflies are bloodsuckers, but the dietary habits of Scaptia Plinthina beyonceae are not yet known. Also unknown is whether the pop star named her two-week-old offspring, Blue Ivy, as a similar homage to the interplay of the natural and celebrity worlds.
Read more and see photos of the bootylicious fly in The Washington Post.
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