Portal:Arthropods/Did you know/12


 * ... that the shrimp Periclimenes dardanicola lives on sea anemones on the shell of the hermit crab Dardanus pedunculatus (pictured), in one of the few associations between two decapods?
 * ... that the mite Aceria anthocoptes is a potential biological control agent of the invasive Canada thistle?
 * ... that the Philippine hornet Vespa luctuosa has the most lethal venom by weight of any known wasp species?
 * ... that Canada's Federated Co-operatives partnered with SeaChoice to promote sustainable seafood, like the spiny lobster, through its co-operatives?
 * ... that amber fossils of ants carrying the extinct mealybug genus Electromyrmococcus represent the oldest record of symbiosis between mealybugs and Acropyga ants?
 * ... that the spider Tetragnatha extensa can walk on water, where it can move faster than it can on land?