Portal:Arthropods/Did you know/31


 * ... that the goose barnacle Lepas anserifera (pictured) is found attached to driftwood, flotsam and even whales?
 * ... that the extinct planthopper Ordralfabetix is named for a character from The Adventures of Asterix?
 * ... that the rove beetle Diochus electrus is the first definite member of the subfamily Staphylininae from the fossil record?
 * ... that species in the fossil ant genus Myrmeciites are named for Hercules, Goliath, and a river?
 * ... that Euploea alcathoe, the common crow butterfly, may pass through several generations in a year?
 * ... that the spiny lobster Jasus caveorum lives only on one of the Foundation Seamounts in the southern Pacific Ocean?