INSECTS
- Honeybees communicate with each other by performing a dance which indicates the direction and distance to flowers.
- Butterflies taste with their feet.
- The dragonfly can reach speeds of up to 35 miles per hour.
- Ants can lift and carry more than three times their own weight.
- Some species of termites build mounds that can reach over 30 feet tall.
- Fireflies produce light through a chemical reaction in their abdomens in a process called bioluminescence.
- The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head 180 degrees.
- Fleas can jump up to 200 times their body length.
- The Atlas moth, one of the largest moths in the world, has no mouth and doesn’t eat during its adult life.
- Cockroaches can live for several weeks without their heads, eventually dying of starvation.
- Ladybugs bleed from their knees when threatened.
- The Goliath beetle is one of the heaviest insects on Earth.
- Mosquitoes have killed more humans than any other animal due to the diseases they spread.
- The Dung beetle can roll up to 1,141 times its weight in dung.
- Stick insects can regenerate lost limbs.
- The Death’s-head Hawkmoth is known for its skull-like pattern on its thorax.
- Some ants can form rafts with their bodies during floods.
- Cicadas can produce sounds as loud as 120 decibels, which is equivalent to a rock concert.
- The Queen Alexandra’s birdwing is the largest butterfly, with females reaching wingspans of over 25 centimeters.
- The Australian Bulldog ant is one of the most venomous and aggressive insects in the world.