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Ciliopagurus strigatus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Diogenidae)
... that a
Halloween hermit crab
(pictured)
may attack a
snail
in order to take its
shell
?
... that
Leptotrombidium
is a genus of harvest mites that are able to infect humans with
scrub typhus
(
Orientia tsutsugamushi
infection) through their bite?
... that
Petalura hesperia
dragonflies lay their eggs along stream margins because their
larvae
are semi-aquatic?
... that the five-eyed predator
Alalcomenaeus
is one of the most common fossils in the
Cambrian
Burgess shale
?
... that the beetle
Typhaea stercorea
has been found in grain storages dating all the way back to the
Iron Age
?
... that the
extinct
crab
Metacarcinus starri
from
Washington state
is related to the
graceful rock crab
?