Portal:Arthropods/Did you know/2

... that the European great raft spider (pictured) eats small fish and tadpoles?
... that Vespula flaviceps larvae are considered a delicacy in Japan?
... that the newly named extinct prawn Aciculopoda is the third unambiguous fossil decapod from before the Mesozoic?
... that the extinct spider Eoplectreurys is the oldest described genus of Haplogynae, pre-dating spiders from Cretaceous amber in Jordan and Lebanon?
... that with a forewing length of only 3.36 millimetres (0.132 in) Microberotha is one of the smallest known beaded lacewings to have been described?
... that Mary J. Rathbun described over 1000 new crustacean taxa, but never attended college, and received a Ph.D. only after she retired?