Skittles and jellybeans contain crushed insect cocoons which are used to coat the candies to give them that special shine.
9
Flies are deaf.
379
The pea aphid insect explodes itself thereby sacrificing its life to protect its relatives from predators.
3
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.
8
When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
22
Ants tend to survive in a microwave because they find the coolest spot and wait!
17
It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
217
Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
12