Portal:Insects/Did you know/35

... that the male tropical rockmaster can be distinguished from the male sapphire rockmaster by the size of the blue spots on the underside of its abdomen?
... that bellflower resin bees were among the first insects noted to use synthetic materials in manufacturing nests?
... that the spermatophore of Zorotypus impolitus, one of the smallest in the insect world, contains a single giant sperm cell that is almost as long as the insect itself?
... that the Australian Jumper Ant Myrmecia nigrocincta is an accomplished jumper with leaps ranging from 3 to 4 inches (76 to 102 mm)?
... that the parasitoid wasp Kollasmosoma sentum can deposit its egg within the abdomen of an ant in as little as 0.052 seconds?