Facts in "Bugs & Insects" Category
#1770 - Bugs & Insects Fact     3  Some crickets burrow megaphone-like tunnels that help transport the sound of their chirps as far as 2,000 feet away. |
| #1771 - Bugs & Insects Fact 1 A bee could travel 4 million miles (6.5 million km) at 7 mph (11km/h) on the energy it would obtain from 1 gallon (3.785 liters) of nectar. |
| #1772 - Bugs & Insects Fact 1 A dragonfly flaps its wings 20 to 40 times a second, bees and houseflies 200 times, some mosquitoes 600 times, and a tiny gnat 1,000 times. |
| #1773 - Bugs & Insects Fact 2 A fly can react to something it sees and change direction in 30 milliseconds. |
| #1774 - Bugs & Insects Fact 1 A housefly can transport germs as far as 15 miles away from the original source of contamination. |
| #1775 - Bugs & Insects Fact 0 A mature, well-established termite colony with as many as 60,000 members will eat only about one-fifth of an ounce of wood a day. |
| #1776 - Bugs & Insects Fact 0 Some spiders have as many as eight eyes. |
| #1777 - Bugs & Insects Fact 1 According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the best time to spray household insects is 4:00 p.m. Insects are most vulnerable at this time. |
| #1778 - Bugs & Insects Fact 2 After mating, the female black widow spider turns on her partner and devours him. The female may dispatch as many as twenty-five suitors a day in this manner. |
| #1779 - Bugs & Insects Fact 5 An ant can survive for up to two weeks underwater. |
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