Portal:Arthropods/Did you know/7

... 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?