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 * ... that the discovery of the fossil giant ant Titanomyrma (pictured with rufous hummingbird) in Wyoming indicates that warmth-loving fauna spread through the north between Europe and America during hot spells in the Eocene?
 * ... that size matters when the jumping spider Phidippus clarus selects mates?
 * ... that the iridescent metallic hues of some jewel bugs are caused by structural colours instead of pigmentation?
 * ... that the rodent Voalavo gymnocaudus and its parasitic mite Andreacarus voalavo are known only from two massifs in the Northern Highlands of Madagascar?
 * ... that Dinochelus ausubeli, a deepwater lobster discovered during the Census of Marine Life expedition, was named in honour of its sponsor, Jesse H. Ausubel?
 * ... that spiderlings of Crossopriza lyoni can catch mosquitoes four times their own size barely one week after hatching?