Portal:Insects/Did you know/29


 * ... that scientists first discovered the biological screw joint in the Papuan weevil Trigonopterus oblongus?
 * ... that fossils of extinct giant cicadas were once misidentified as the oldest known butterflies?
 * ... that some species of the stick insect genus Timema have not had sex for over a million years?
 * ... that the family placement for the fossil moth genus Dominickus was not noticed until entomologist Norman Tindale looked at pictures of modern moths from Australia?
 * ... that tiny Paederus beetles may have caused some of the ten Plagues of Egypt?