First true insect
- Who
- Rhyniognatha hirsti
- Where
- Aberdeenshire,Scotland
- When
- 01 January 0001
The earliest true insect is Rhyniognatha hirsti, currently known only from a fossilised head preserved in a fragment of Rhynie chert from Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lived during the early Devonian Period, approximately 400 million years ago.