Bug Facts!

As much as plants are important to our gardens, so are the insects, as the current worldwide bee problem is showing us. So I thought it would be interesting to list a few fun bug facts!

. There are five times as many insects as all other types of animals combined

. Scientists discover between 7,000 and 10,000 new kinds of insects each year. They estimate that nearly 10 million more are yet to be discovered

. One of every five living species is a beetle

. Most insects live less than a year. A mayfly lives just a few hours

. A dictionary-style listing of all known insects would be 6,000 pages long

. If a 175 pound man had the comparative strength of an ant, he could lift 4 tons


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