Insects are truly amazing creatures, being the most diversified among the animals and their wings are a big part of their fundamental morphological innovation for the adaptive radiation.
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| Reconstruction of a Palaeodictyopteran insect. |
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| Phenotypes of wild type and Scr-RNAi treated individuals of the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Black arrows indicate elytra; gray arrows indicate membranous wings. T means the thoracic segment. Courtesy of Y. Tomoyasu, University of Miami. |
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An artist's portrayal of a six-winged dragonfly.
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A "perfect" insect
Six-winged insects have all the appendages from each of the thoracic segments. Possessing six legs, six wings, the body is divided into three sections, and thorax is divided into three segments.
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| Idoptilus onisciformis reconstruction; having six wing-like lobes used for possibly, thermoregulation. |
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| A diagram showing the tergal and pleural hypothesis for the origin of the insect wings. |
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| Realistic reconstruction of a Palaeodictyopteran insect. |
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| Comparison between the modern nymph and the Paleozoic nymph. Both possessing protrusions from the side of the thorax. |
Many teams of researchers have already conducted this type of experiment which means, we already have many six-winged versions of insects in the laboratories.
Marketing these insects
There's nothing wrong with marketing these insects as long as they are used for educational purposes and with great handling in avoiding these creatures to escape in the captivity and invade other ecosystems. These insects will be a great epitome of evolution and "complete" insect morphology.
Resolution
Nature is definitely perfectly imperfect, as such even under little conditions will lead to a greater cause. But definitely, many ways to be astonished.
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