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- There are around 9 million species of insects that exist.
- There are around 380,000 species of beetles and they make up around 40% of all insect life on Earth.
- Insect blood, also known as hemolymph is typically clear, but can be greenish or yellowish.
- Known as the giant weta, a cricket like beast that can weight more than 1 pound.
- Many insects have a so-called simple eye, or ocelli, in between, in the middle of their “forehead.”
- Insects have ears all over the place. A few examples include: Lacewings (have ears on the base of their wings), Crickets (have ears on their legs), Grasshopper’s’ (ears are on their abdomen), and Tachinids-parasitic type of fly (have ears on their necks)
- Houseflies find sugar with their feet, which are 10 million times more sensitive than human tongues.
- There are nearly as many species of ants (8,800) as there are species of birds (9,000) in the world.
- Wasps feeding on fermenting juice have been known to get "drunk' and pass out.