Portal:Insects/Did you know/26


 * ... that the iridescent metallic hues of some jewel bugs are caused by structural colours instead of pigmentation?
 * ... that a fungal pathogen Beauveria bassiana has been released along with a parasitic wasp Tetrastichus planipennisi in the United States as a biological control agent of the emerald ash borer?
 * ... that the extinct giant ant genus Formicium is known only from forewings found in Dorset and Tennessee?
 * ... that some species of giant stink bugs are edible?
 * ... that a new species of decim periodical cicada was discovered by studying the songs of Brood XIX, which re-emerged in 2011 after 13 years underground?