Portal:Insects/Did you know/28


 * ... that the penis of the lesser water boatman Micronecta scholtzi creates mating calls of 99.2 decibels, making it the loudest animal on earth, scaled for its size?
 * ... that when the extinct forester moth Neurosymploca? oligocenica was described, a second fossil was known but unavailable for study?
 * ... that the fontanellar gun is a type of specialised weapon used by North American termites to ward off enemy insects?
 * ... that the extinct Eocene butterfly Prodryas persephone from the Florissant Fossil Beds is the best preserved fossil lepidopteran discovered to date?
 * ... that Hydriomena? protrita was the first geometer moth to be described from the American fossil record?