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A few months after the 1836 Bristol meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Crosse had been conducting another electrocrystallization experiment when, on the 26th day of the experiment he saw what he described as " the perfect insect, standing erect on a few bristles which formed its tail.

" More creatures appeared and two days later they moved their legs.

Over the next few weeks, hundreds more appeared.

They crawled around the table and hid themselves when they could find a shelter.

Crosse identified them as being part of genus acarus.