insect – Exact Fact

The pea aphid insect explodes itself thereby sacrificing its life to protect its relatives from predators.

The average chocolate bar contains 8 insect parts.

Locust is the only insect considered kosher in Judaism.

Michigan State University will identify any insect, arthropod, plant, or weed for free if you send a picture of the specimen via email.

There is just one insect native to Antarctica, the Belgica Antarctica.

Scientists estimate that 150 to 200 species of plant, insect, bird and mammal become extinct every day.

The insect Issus coleoptratus has joints that function like mechanical gears.

The most disproportionately common physical injury diagnosis in Texas is “insect bite.”

If you had an ‘insect of the month’ calendar, you wouldn’t have to reuse a species for 80,000 years.

Smearing a small amount of dog feces on an insect bite will relieve the itching and swelling.

There are 5 million different species of insects in the world. The insect population of the world is at least 1,000,000,000,000,000,000. The weight of the world’s insect population exceeds that of man by a factor of twelve.