Portal:Insects/Did you know/5
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- ... that the flower chafer species Eupoecila australasiae gains its common name of 'fiddler beetle' from its violin-shaped markings?
- ... that the larvae of the Silky Hairstreak secrete substances that attract ants?
- ... that unlike other siricid wood wasps, Xeris spectrum does not have symbiotic fungi to aid its larvae as they burrow in the wood of fir and other conifer trees?
- ... that the extinct snakefly genus Proraphidia is known from fossils found in Spain, England, and Kazakhstan?
- ... that Kricogonia lyside can grow from egg to adult in as little as 13 days?