Placing alcohol on a scorpion's back will make it go crazy and fatally sting itself.
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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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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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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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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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The pea aphid insect explodes itself thereby sacrificing its life to protect its relatives from predators.
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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