Did You Know... These Fun Facts About Bugs? |
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Insects are cold-blooded. |
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Some insects, such as grasshoppers and some butterflies, cannot take the cold and die during the winter. |
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Honey bees can use their bodies & wings to create heat to warm their hives. The bees huddle in the middle of the hive, moving to create heat, and another group of bees make a ring around the outside to keep the heat inside the hive. They trade places when they get tired. |
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Ants and termites spend their winters deep underground. They eat the food that they have stored up during the warmer months of the year! |
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A bee may fly up to 60 miles in one day while it is gathering food. |
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Ants can carry more than 50 times their own weight. |
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Houseflies feet are 10 million times more sensitive than a human tongue, and they can use their feet to find sugar! |
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There are more kinds of beetles in the world than there are plants. |
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