‘You Belong with Me:’ Taylor Swift has a new genus of bug named after her

Mongabay
Sep 18, 2026, 5:02 pm101 ptsTrending
You may have heard her songs, seen her videos, maybe even attended one of her concerts … but have you seen the new genus of Australian plant bugs named after Taylor Swift? Scientists at the University of California, Riverside recently described a new genus of plant bugs, they’ve named Swiftiephylus, in…

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