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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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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Mosquitoes don't just bite you, they also pee on you.
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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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Placing alcohol on a scorpion's back will make it go crazy and fatally sting itself.
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