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 * ... that the ringlegged earwig gets its common name from the noticeable dark bands around the middle of its six legs?
 * ... that the female sweetpotato bug is very protective of her young?
 * ... that the stink-bug Nezara viridula can feed on plants from over 30 families, but its preference for legumes, such as beans and soybeans, make it an economically important pest on crops?
 * ... that the only male "sweat bee" to have been documented from Dominican amber is the type specimen for the extinct Eickwortapis?
 * ... that after Indian domino cockroaches copulate, a female does not permit males to approach, kicking them away with her hind legs?