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 * ... that the Australian moth Abantiades latipennis is well-adapted to surviving clearfelling and thrives in regrowth forests?
 * ... that out of the described snakefly specimens from the Florissant Formation, the Raphidia funerata  holotype  is the most complete?
 * ... that Ctenomorphodes chronus is an Australian stick insect that resembles an eucalyptus twig, and the female lays 3-mm elliptical eggs that resemble plant seeds?
 * ... that when a Japanese honeybee hive is invaded by a giant hornet scout, the honeybees "bake" the hornet in a ball of about 500 bees?
 * ... that Acanthoplus discoidalis is able to squirt haemolymph up to 30 cm when attacked by predators?