Portal:Insects/Did you know/26

... that the iridescent metallic hues of some jewel bugs are caused by structural colours instead of pigmentation?
... that a fungal pathogen Beauveria bassiana has been released along with a parasitic wasp Tetrastichus planipennisi in the United States as a biological control agent of the emerald ash borer?
... that the extinct giant ant genus Formicium is known only from forewings found in Dorset and Tennessee?
... that some species of giant stink bugs are edible?
... that a new species of decim periodical cicada was discovered by studying the songs of Brood XIX, which re-emerged in 2011 after 13 years underground?