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Palaeontinidae
... that fossils of extinct
giant cicadas
(pictured)
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 scientists first discovered the
biological screw joint
in the Papuan
weevil
Trigonopterus oblongus
?
... that
Calcinus tubularis
is one of only two known species of
hermit crab
whose males and females inhabit different types of shell?
... that the oldest known member of the
mayfly
family Neoephemeridae is the
Eocene
species
Neoephemera antiqua
?
... that
Sphecius grandis
, the Western cicada killer wasp, paralyzes
cicadas
for its offspring to eat after hatching?