- Ants can carry up to 20 times their weight.
- A moth larva inside the bean is responsible for the movement of the Mexican Jumping Bean.
- Some insects detect the sonar produced by bats and use it to evade being eaten by them.
- Insects live in mountainous regions as high as 16,500 feet and as deep in caves as several thousand feet.
- A number of insects, mayflies for example, have no functional mouthparts and do not feed as adults.
- A housefly can beat its wings at more than 330 strokes per second.
- An insect's ears (if they have them) are usually located on the legs or the thorax.
- Some insects have taste buds on the pads of their feet.
- Bees can tell the difference between sugar and saccharin.
- Some insects have up to 5 hearts.
- Insects breathe through small holes in their abdomen called spiracles.
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