insect, n.Trivia

Bees are the only insect that creates a form of food for humans

An ant-eating assassin bug piles its victims onto its body to scare predators.

Roly-poly are not insects but land crustaceans related to lobsters and shrimp.

Insects have three parts: the head, the thorax, and the abdomen

Insect bodies have three parts, the thorax, abdomen and head.

Insects consume 10% of with world's food supply.

Roly-poly, like other crustaceans, breathe through gills, can drink through their anus, and excrete gas through their exoskeleton instead of urinating.

insects are bizarre --- the assassin bug wears its victims corpse as armor.

Insects also have six legs.

Most of the insect noises you hear at night are them either having sex or trying to get it.

Insects are cold blooded.

There are over 900,000 known species of insects

Insects have two antennae.

Dragonflies were some of the first winged insects to evolve, some 300 million years ago.

Skittles contain insect cocoons to give them shellac

Silkworms are used as the primary producer of silk.

Insects are the most successful multi-cellular life form on the planet

The food coloring known as “carmine” is extracted from female cochineal insect shells boiled in ammonia or sodium carbonate solution, and it's in more things than you might think. It actually makes ice cream, yogurt, candy, and red fruit drinks.

Insects have three pairs of legs.

The foot is the most common body part bitten by insects