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
It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
217
When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
22
Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
12
Moths are unable to fly during an earthquake.
328