Page 369 - Atlas of Creation Volume 2

Harun Yahya

Gall Midge

GALL MIDGE AND BOG BEETLE

Age: 45 million years

Period: Eocene

Location: Russia

Gall midges give rise to the "galls" in plants, a swelling that emerges with
Bog Beetle
more rapid growth in particular locations such as the plant's leaf or stem,
due to the saliva secreted by larvae of the organism in question. The larvae
then feed on the excess plant tissue that forms inside the gall.

Each insect species produces its own characteristic kind of gall. These
particular midges, which are generally very small, appear with all
their same structures in all fossils yet discovered. In other words, this
organism never underwent evolution.

Another insect whose immutable structures show that it never
evolved is the bog beetle. The fossilized amber pictured contains a
gall midge trapped alongside a bog beetle.

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