- ... 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?