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Originally Posted by stevegong
Hundreds of millions of years ago, we had insects that were huge. The Meganeura was a dragonfly like insect that had a wingspan of nearly 1m.
It is believed that insects today are far smaller because of a higher atmospheric oxygen ratio, and hotter temperatures.
It would be pretty amazing to "resurrect" these creatures.
We can mimic prehistoric atmosphere conditions by increasing oxygen levels in a tank, and raising the temperature. Then we select for size, and get larger insects to breed.
Poof, after x generations, we have humongous insects.
I'm sick of photography and other petty arts and crafts "creative" endeavors. It's time to up the ante.
Thoughts?
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There are far more direct/creative ways to do this, particularly since your super bugs will only be viable in their little tank.
The simplest target is the oxygen carrying hemocyanin in the bugs. Of course, if you are really after enormous insects, you might want to scrap the whole diffusive oxygen transport and give insects a proper circulatory system. This way you aren't limited by oxygen tension, but rather nutrition/exoskeleton support.