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1. Agriculture in wood wasps
   The most famous hymenopteran farmers are, without doubt, the attine ants. Rightly so, but they are not the only ones...

2. Agriculture in beetles
   Think of weevils and most likely you'll think of spoiled food. But some weevils have turned to farming...

3. Venom and venom fangs in snakes, lizards and synapsids
   Although the evolution of snake fangs itself provides us with a window on convergence, the presence of fang-like teeth in lizards, therapsids and mammals provides an even broader and more remarkable perspective.

4. Venom in mammals (and other synapsids)
   Beware the venomous shrew! Yes, venomous. And convergent on some formidable lizards...

5. Infrared detection in insects
   Whilst infrared detection is probably best known in the snakes (where it has evolved twice), in point of fact in terms of convergence the insects provide by far the most striking example.

6. Infrared detection in animals
   Some snakes are famous for 'seeing' infrared, but did you know that their heat-sensing abilities are rivalled by some beetles that can detect forest fires over considerable distances?

7. Silk production and use in arthropods
   Remarkably, fossil silk is known, especially from amber of Cretaceous age. Material includes both silk with trapped insects, possibly from an orb-web, and strands with the characteristic viscid droplets that are the key in trapping prey.

8. Biological uses of silk: from webs to ballooning
   What material is so versatile that it can be used for capturing prey, building nests, communication and even cleaning? The answer: that most remarkable of biomaterials - silk.