A fact from Helaeomyia petrolei appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 December2008, and was viewed approximately 5,410 times (disclaimer). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the Petroleum fly, Helaeomyia petrolei, is the only known insect that develops in naturally occurring crude oil?
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the point is that they are found to live (feed, etc.) exclusively in petroleum. this does not rule out that they emerge from it to pupate. i clarified this in the text. --Sarefo (talk) 21:53, 15 December 2008 (UTC)Reply
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