Portal:Insects/Did you know/2

... that the ringlegged earwig gets its common name from the noticeable dark bands around the middle of its six legs?
... that the female sweetpotato bug is very protective of her young?
... that the stink-bug Nezara viridula can feed on plants from over 30 families, but its preference for legumes, such as beans and soybeans, make it an economically important pest on crops?
... that the only male "sweat bee" to have been documented from Dominican amber is the type specimen for the extinct Eickwortapis?
... that after Indian domino cockroaches copulate, a female does not permit males to approach, kicking them away with her hind legs?