Researchers find 4 new bug types. They give the animals names from Taylor Swift. The bugs belong to the group of soft bugs. A name for this group is Swiftiephylus. The names come from the singer and her music albums.
The names use the Latin language. They sound like the albums Lover and Fearless. The album Poets is also a model. The researcher Sarah Schroeder picks the names. She is a big fan of Taylor Swift.
The bugs look a bit like the singer. Taylor Swift often has blonde hair and red lips. The bugs are pale yellow and have red spots. Sarah Schroeder even calls the animals blonde in her paper. The bugs only eat plants.
People find the animals many years ago. This is between 1995 and 2004. Researchers from America and Australian labs discover them. They collect 50000 bugs in total. It takes a long time to check all animals closely for a biodiversity project.
