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Pogonomyrmex californicus (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
.. that
Milton Levine
founded Uncle Milton's Toys, best known for its ant farm, with ants from the species
Pogonomyrmex californicus
(pictured)
?
... that, in female
bedbugs
, the
spermalege
reduces the wounding costs caused by a male's
needle-like penis
?
... that
Acromis spinifex
is one of the few
tortoise beetles
that shows
maternal care
of its young?
... that the population density of
Moroccan locust
nymphs
can reach several thousand individuals per square metre (11 sq ft)?
... that the beetle
Caryobruchus gleditsiae
is named after the
legume
Gleditsia triacanthos
, although it lives exclusively on
palms
?
... that
picnic beetles
are attracted to beer?