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1 | After the North American Feather-winged Beetle Nanosella fungi at 0.25mm, the Fairy Fly is 1/5 of a millimetre in length making it the smallest insect the world. | Nature > Insects | 05/13/15 | |
2 | Traveling 0.03 MPH, it would take 33.3 hours for a garden snail to travel a mile. | Nature > Insects | 01/09/15 | |
3 | A group of ants is called a colony, an army, or a swarm. | Nature > Insects | 07/10/09 | |
4 | A group of butterflies is called a rabble, among other names. | Nature > Insects | 07/10/09 | |
5 | Click beetles are so named because of the clicking noise they make when they are on their backs and throw themselves in the air in an effort to land on their feet. | Nature > Insects | 10/02/08 | |
6 | Lady Bugs are beneficial in the garden because they are predators that eat aphids, spider mites and other insects. | Nature > Insects | 09/22/08 | |
7 | Lady bugs are in the Coleoptera order. | Nature > Insects | 09/19/08 | |
8 | Large insects that make their hives in wood, measuring nearly 1 inch in length and resembling bumblebees in both size and appearance are called Carpenter Bees. | Nature > Insects | 09/17/08 | |
9 | Butterflies taste with their feet. | Nature > Insects | 08/15/08 | |
10 | Bees feed on nectar and pollen. | Nature > Insects | 06/20/08 | |
11 | The heaviest insect in the world is the Goliath Beetle. | Nature > Insects | 05/15/08 |
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