- A honey bee has four wings.
Write Comment (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - If all the insects in the world were put on a scale, they would out weigh all creatures.
Write Comment (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - For every human in the world there are one million ants.
Write Comment (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue more than any other color.
Write Comment (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - There is a certain type of Hawk Moth caterpillar from Brazil that inflates its thorax, which makes its head look like a head of a snake when it feels it is in danger or alarmed.
More Details Write Comment (Added: Wed Sep 20 2006) - Ticks can be as small as a grain of rice and grow to be as big as a marble.
Write Comment (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - One of the most dangerous insect in the world is the common housefly. They carry and transmit more diseases than any other animal in the world.
Write Comment (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - A housefly can only ingest liquid material. They regurgitate their food to liquify the food that they are going to eat.
Write Comment (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The skeleton of a spider is located on the outside of the body. The name for this is exoskelton.
More Details Write Comment (Added: Wed Sep 20 2006) - The largest butterfly is the Queen Alexandra's birdwing butterfly from Papua New Guinea. The wingspan of the butterfly can reach to be almost one foot.
More Details Write Comment (Added: Wed Sep 20 2006) - The loudest insect in the world is the male cicadas, which are like crickets. When they rub their abdomens, the sound made can be heard from 1300 feet.
More Details Write Comment (Added: Wed Sep 20 2006) - Many insects can carry 50 times their own body weight.
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