Portal:Insects/Did you know/28

... that the penis of the lesser water boatman Micronecta scholtzi creates mating calls of 99.2 decibels, making it the loudest animal on earth, scaled for its size?
... that when the extinct forester moth Neurosymploca? oligocenica was described, a second fossil was known but unavailable for study?
... that the fontanellar gun is a type of specialised weapon used by North American termites to ward off enemy insects?
... that the extinct Eocene butterfly Prodryas persephone from the Florissant Fossil Beds is the best preserved fossil lepidopteran discovered to date?
... that Hydriomena? protrita was the first geometer moth to be described from the American fossil record?