Bugs & Insects Facts for Kids
Creepy-crawly facts about insects and bugs
Butterflies have taste sensors on their feet, so when they land on a leaf, they can immediately taste whether it is safe to eat.
Some ant colonies contain millions of worker ants, all of them female sisters, who work together to feed and protect the colony.
Honeybees make honey by collecting nectar from flowers, mixing it with enzymes, and storing it in honeycombs where it dries out and thickens.
When a caterpillar forms a chrysalis, its body breaks down almost completely into a kind of soup before rebuilding itself into a butterfly — one of nature's most amazing transformations.
Dragonflies can fly forwards, backwards, sideways, and even hover in place — they can control each of their four wings independently.
Fireflies produce light in their abdomens through a chemical reaction — unlike a light bulb, almost none of this light is wasted as heat, making it nearly 100% efficient.
Grasshoppers do not have ears on their heads — instead, they hear through a structure called a tympanum located on the sides of their abdomen.
The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head 180 degrees to look over its own shoulder, giving it an almost all-round view for spotting prey.
Only female mosquitoes bite humans — they need blood proteins to produce eggs. Male mosquitoes only feed on flower nectar.
There are more species of beetles than any other animal on Earth — scientists have described over 400,000 species, making up about a quarter of all known animal species.