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Megarhyssa macrurus (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
... that the wasp
Megarhyssa macrurus
(pictured)
paralyzes her prey by injecting it with an
ovipositor
4 inches (10 cm) long?
... that the
U.S. government's
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
estimated that during an outbreak of an
itch mite
in
August 2004
, 54% of
Crawford County, Kansas
suffered from bites?
... that the oriental
mole cricket
,
Gryllotalpa orientalis
, can not only dig a
burrow
a metre deep but can also swim?
... that
Chirocephalus diaphanus
is the only species of
fairy shrimp
to occur in
Great Britain
?
... that the spread of
red palm mite
is the biggest
mite
explosion ever observed in the
Americas
?
... that the
slipper lobster
Scyllarus pygmaeus
is too small for
fishing
?