When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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Skittles and jellybeans contain crushed insect cocoons which are used to coat the candies to give them that special shine.
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Queen ants have one of the longest life-spans of any known insect - typically up to 30 years. Western harvester ant queens can live up to 40 years!
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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Scientists say that a 'zombie apocalypse' is actually possible based on the recent discovery of certain brain parasites. But as of now, these parasites only affect bugs.
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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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