Facts in "Bugs & Insects" Category

#1800 - Bugs & Insects Fact       1  
Maggots were once used to treat a bone infection called osteomyelitis.
#1801 - Bugs & Insects Fact       2  
Butterflies taste with their hind feet.
#1802 - Bugs & Insects Fact       4  
Moths have no stomach.
#1803 - Bugs & Insects Fact       -1  
The male of one species of insect related to the praying mantis can only reproduce after the female has bitten off his head.
#1804 - Bugs & Insects Fact       2  
Honeybees navigate using the sun as a compass, even when it is hidden behind clouds - they find it via the polarization of ultraviolet light from areas of blue sky.
#1805 - Bugs & Insects Fact       1  
The katydid has supersonic hearing. It can hear sounds up to 4-5,000 vibrations per second.
#1806 - Bugs & Insects Fact       1  
Little Miss Muffet was arachnaphobic.
#1807 - Bugs & Insects Fact       4  
A typical Mayfly only lives one day.
#1808 - Bugs & Insects Fact       2  
The silkworm moth has lost the ability of flight due to domestication.
#1809 - Bugs & Insects Fact       -2  
The largest insect in the world, the meganeuron, a prehistoric dragonfly, measured 29 inches from wingtip to wingtip.

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