Contrary to popular myth, flies DO exist in Alaska. In fact, there are almost no WORMS in Alaska, and the flies fill that ecological niche — birds of many species are seen feeding on flies and maggots. Fish even eat the maggots from rotting salmon in the streams.
Crushed cockroaches can be applied to a stinging wound to help relieve the pain.
Some insects, after their head is severed, may live for as much as a year. They react automatically to light, temperature, humidity, chemicals, and other stimuli.
Some lady beetle, or lady bug, colonies have been reported to contain as many as 500 gallons of beetles. A gallon of beetles contains from 72,000 to 80,000 adults.
Spiders have transparent blood.
Spiders never spin webs in structures made of chestnut wood. That is why so many European chateaux were built with chestnut beams – spider webs on a 50-foot beamed ceiling can be difficult to clean.
Tarantulas can survive on a diet of one large insect a month.
Termite queens are fertilized regularly by the same mate for life, unlike bee and ant queens, whose male partners die after the first and only mating.
The American lobster can move through the water at a rate of up to 25 feet a second.
The animal with the largest brain in proportion to its size is the ant.
The are more different kinds of insects on existence today than the total of all kinds of other animals put together.
The average airspeed of the common housefly is 4.5 miles per hour. A housefly beats its wings about 20,000 times per minute.
Daddy longlegs are not spiders and do not bite.
Doctors in ancient India used insect mandibles instead of stitches to bind the two sides of a cut together. The head of a large ant would be removed and its pincers would be brought together through the patient's flesh.
Eighty percent of the world's food crops are pollinated by insects.
Every night, wasps bite into the stem of a plants, lock their mandibles into position, stretch out at right angles to the stem and, with legs dangling, fall asleep.
Fireflies like to light up together. Two fireflies found near each other will eventually start lighting up at the same time.
Fleas are essential to the health of armadillos and hedgehogs; they provide necessary stimulation of the skin. Deloused armadillos and hedgehogs will die.
Flies prefer to breed in the center of a room. This is why experts advise placing flypaper away from corners.
Giant crab spiders have such a ferocious appearance they earned a spot as extras in the horror film Arachnophobia. The creatures, however, eat cockroaches, crickets, and caterpillars, more than compensating for their scary appearance. Giant crab spiders are about 2 inches long, are hairy, and have noticeable black fangs and black feet. Their egg sac is the size of a golf ball.
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