Portal:Arthropods/Did you know/27


 * ... that, despite its name, the freshwater crab Potamon ibericum (pictured) does not live in Iberia?
 * ... that tiny Paederus beetles may have caused some of the ten Plagues of Egypt?
 * ... that with a 150 mm wingspan, Sinomeganeura is small for the griffenfly family Meganeuridae, known for species with spans over 700 mm?
 * ... that Petrolisthes eriomerus, when trying to escape from a predator, can cast off limbs as a diversion, with the claws of a cast limb still gripping vigorously after separation?
 * ... that the discovery of the extinct golden silk orb-weaver species Nephila jurassica extended the fossil record of the genus by 130 million years?
 * ... that the extinct moth Epiborkhausenites is noted for having very similar colour patterning to the living species Tubuliferola josephinae and Hofmannophila pseudospretella?