There is a butterfly in Africa with enough poison in it's body to kill six cats.
Scientists have actually performed brain surgery on cockroaches.
A dragonfly's penis is shovel-shaped at the end, to scoop a rival male's sperm out of the female it's impregnating.
Moths have no stomach.
If two flies were left to reproduce without predators or other limitations for one year, the resulting mass of flies would be the size of the Earth.
Tropical ants, when a flood sweeps down on them, roll themselves into a huge living ball which drifts upon the water, with the young safe and dry at the core.
March 14 is "Save a spider day."
A mosquito has 47 teeth.
Ants stretch when they wake up. They also appear to yawn in a very human manner before taking up the tasks of the day.
An ant can survive for up to two weeks underwater.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the best time to spray household insects is 4:00 p.m. Insects are most vulnerable at this time.
There are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are humans on the entire earth.
62 degrees Fahrenheit is the minimum temperature required for a grasshopper to be able to hop.
Mosquitoes prefer children to adults, and blondes to brunettes.
Spiders have transparent blood.
The tarantula spends most of its life within its burrow, which is an 18-inch vertical hole with an inch-wide opening. When male tarantulas are between the ages of 5 to 7 years, they leave the burrow in search of a female, usually in the early fall. This migration actually signals the end of their life cycle. The males mate with as many females as they can, and then they die around mid-November.
The social life in ants and termites has been accompanied by an extraordinary royal perk: a 100-fold increase among queen ants in average maximum lifespan, with some queens surviving for almost 30 years. This longevity can be attributed in part to the sheltered and pampered life of the royal egg layer.
There is an average of 50,000 spiders per acre in green areas.
Honeybees have hair on their eyes.
The Giant cricket of Africa enjoys eating human hair.
I have now given myself the chills.
Scientists have actually performed brain surgery on cockroaches.
A dragonfly's penis is shovel-shaped at the end, to scoop a rival male's sperm out of the female it's impregnating.
Moths have no stomach.
If two flies were left to reproduce without predators or other limitations for one year, the resulting mass of flies would be the size of the Earth.
Tropical ants, when a flood sweeps down on them, roll themselves into a huge living ball which drifts upon the water, with the young safe and dry at the core.
March 14 is "Save a spider day."
A mosquito has 47 teeth.
Ants stretch when they wake up. They also appear to yawn in a very human manner before taking up the tasks of the day.
An ant can survive for up to two weeks underwater.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the best time to spray household insects is 4:00 p.m. Insects are most vulnerable at this time.
There are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are humans on the entire earth.
62 degrees Fahrenheit is the minimum temperature required for a grasshopper to be able to hop.
Mosquitoes prefer children to adults, and blondes to brunettes.
Spiders have transparent blood.
The tarantula spends most of its life within its burrow, which is an 18-inch vertical hole with an inch-wide opening. When male tarantulas are between the ages of 5 to 7 years, they leave the burrow in search of a female, usually in the early fall. This migration actually signals the end of their life cycle. The males mate with as many females as they can, and then they die around mid-November.
The social life in ants and termites has been accompanied by an extraordinary royal perk: a 100-fold increase among queen ants in average maximum lifespan, with some queens surviving for almost 30 years. This longevity can be attributed in part to the sheltered and pampered life of the royal egg layer.
There is an average of 50,000 spiders per acre in green areas.
Honeybees have hair on their eyes.
The Giant cricket of Africa enjoys eating human hair.
I have now given myself the chills.