Worker ants may live seven years and the queen may live as long as 15 years.
Mosquitoes dislike citronella because it irritates their feet.
The total distance of the many trips honey bees travel to produce a pound of honey is about equal to twice the distance around the world.
There are more than 200 million insects for each human on the planet.
If you weighed all the earthworms in the US, they’d be about 55 times heavier than the combined weight of all Americans.
The male gypsy moth can “smell” the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.
Some dragonflies can fly at speeds of up to 50 miles per hour.
The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.
Cockroaches can survive underwater for up to 15 minutes.
Since the successful launch of space shuttle Columbia on mission STS-90 there have been more crickets in space than humans.
The average caterpillar has 2000 muscles. The average human has 700.
After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again!
Only the female mosquito bites, the male does not.
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We just visited a museum today - with huge ants. Fun.