Flies are deaf.
379
Mosquitoes don't just bite you, they also pee on you.
11
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
The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
8
It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
217
Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
5