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Lernaeocera branchialis (Crustacea: Copepoda: Pennellidae) on the gills of a whiting (Merlangius merlangus)
... that a young
Lernaeocera branchialis
is an
ectoparasitic
crustacean on the gills of a
flounder
or
lumpsucker
, and it moves on to
cod
or
related fishes
after it has matured and
mated
(infested gills of a
whiting
pictured)
?
... that the
black-margined loosestrife beetle
was introduced to North America for
biological pest control
against the invasive
purple loosestrife
?
... that the
type specimen
of the extinct
whip scorpion
Graeophonus carbonarius
was originally identified as a species of dragonfly?
... that the
coral reef
crab
Zosimus aeneus
contains deadly poisonous
neurotoxins
?
... that the
extinct
Phlebotominae
sandfly
Pintomyia falcaorum
is known only from
Miocene
age
Dominican amber
found on
Hispaniola
?
... that although
true bugs
eat
aphids
, they help the aphids by
eating another predator
, young
lacewings
?