Ants get their sleep through power naps, with the average worker ant taking 250 one-minute naps in a day. @googlefactss #insects
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The tarantula hawk wasp delivers one of the most painful stings on the face of the planet— it's sting is described as though “a running hair dryer has just been dropped into your bubble bath.” Check out the video above for more. @googlefactss #nowyouknow #insects
Fruit flies cope with loneliness by sleeping less and eating more. @googlefactss #insects
Cockroaches clean themselves after touching a human, but it's not because they find people filthy. They clean themselves after contact with any predator. @googlefactss #insects
When cicadas are infected by the hallucinogenic Massospora cicadina fungi, they become rampant sex addicts that mate until they lose their genitals. @googlefactss #insects
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Female dragonflies will fake their own deaths to avoid mating with unwanted males.
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African Matabele ants carry injured colleagues back to the nest after battle to tend to their wounds. They have a triage system; dying ants aren’t treated but those missing a leg or two are. Apart from humans, they’re the only organisms known to do this.
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Not only do mosquitoes bite you and suck your blood, they also urinate on you before flying off.
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When a fly lands on your food, they
essentially spit on it. Since most flies cannot chew solid food, they release digestive juices to turn the food into a predigested, slurpable soup that they can ingest.
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essentially spit on it. Since most flies cannot chew solid food, they release digestive juices to turn the food into a predigested, slurpable soup that they can ingest.
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The male moths of the species Cosmosoma myrodora, will shoot layers of hairs drenched in plant toxins onto the female to protect her from predators while he mates with her because copulation takes such a long time. This practice is called protective nuptial festooning.
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Chemical defense: Bestowal of a nuptial alkaloidal garment by a male moth on its mate
Males of the moth Cosmosoma myrodora (Arctiidae) acquire pyrrolizidine alkaloid by feeding on the excrescent fluids of certain plants (for instance, Eupatorium capillifolium). They incorporate the alkaloid systemically and as a result are protected ...
Dead ants emit a chemical that tells other ants to move the body to a burial ground. If this chemical is sprayed on a live ant, other ants will treat it as a dead ant, regardless of what the live ant does.
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Ants carry dead ants out of an anthill and dump them on a "trash" pile. If a chemical from a dead ant is applied to a live ant, other ants will carry it, kicking and struggling, from the anthill, until the substance wears off. Which of the following explains…
When a bee mates with a queen, it's ejaculation is so powerful that it is audible by the human ear.
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Drone (bee)
male bee, wasp or hornet
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Fire ants survive floods by forming floating rafts, holding onto their larvae and protecting their queen in the center, using buoyant silk thread.
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Cockroaches are so repulsed by humans that if they’re touched by a human, not only do they run away, but they wash themselves.
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Termites, although behaving like ants, are actually evolved cockroaches.
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A giant American wasp called the tarantula wasp has a sting so painful, that one peer-reviewed journal advises anyone who gets stung to “lie down and scream” to avoid further injury.
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Ants use “social immunization.” If one is infected with a fungus, they still lick the ant, spreading it throughout the colony. This practice both kills some of the spores, and builds immune resistance.
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There is just one insect species native to Antarctica called Belgica Antarctica.
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Belgica antarctica
species of midge endemic to Antarctica