This is an unusual bit of news about one of my favorite classic rockers, Neil Young. He’s got a new species of spider named after him.

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Iconic singer and songwriter Neil Young has had an honor bestowed upon him that is not received by many musicians — his own spider.

Young is not the first musician to have a creature named after him. A species of beetle that looks as if it is wearing a tuxedo — the whirligig beetle, or Orectochilus orbisonorum — was named earlier this year after the late rock ‘n’ roll legend Roy Orbison and his widow Barbara.

(Writing by Belinda Goldsmith, Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)