Portal:Insects/Did you know/15
Appearance
- ... that the extinct rove beetle genus Ektatotricha is known from 15 beetles trapped in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar?
- ... that "Sheridan's Green Hairstreak", Callophrys sheridanii, is Wyoming's state butterfly?
- ... that one species of the extinct wasp Palaeovespa fed caterpillars to its larvae?
- ... that fighting crickets are provided with female company before the fight, stimulated with tickling during the fight, and buried in silver coffins after it?
- ... that the predatory insect Orius insidiosus is mass-reared for use in the biological control of thrips?