- caterpillars have over 2,000 muscles
- it takes 110 silkworm cocoons to make an average tie
- queen termites can live up to 50 years
most spiders have transparent blood
the fastest insect is the Australian dragon fly (its top speed is 57 km/h (35mp/h))
honey bees kill more people each year than snakes
there are over 100,000 different species of butterflies