Portal:Arthropods/Did you know/32


 * ... that until the discovery in 1975 of the "living fossil" Neoglyphea inopinata (pictured), glypheoid crustaceans were thought to have been extinct since the Eocene?
 * ... that the shrimp-like 510-million-year-old arthropod Waptia fieldensis was named after two mountains?
 * ... that the horse fly Scaptia beyonceae was named after singer and actress Beyoncé Knowles because of its striking golden behind?
 * ... that the female sand wasp Ammophila sabulosa digs burrows in sandy ground, provisioning each burrow with a food supply of paralysed caterpillars, always laying one egg on the first caterpillar?
 * ... that several pelagic gooseneck barnacles were once found attached to an American crocodile?
 * ... that the Cape Verdean spiny lobster Palinurus charlestoni is named after a French fishing boat?