The World Almanac 5,001 Incredible Facts for Kids on America's Past, Present, and Future by World Almanac Kids™

Author:World Almanac Kids™
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781510767171
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2021-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

18. Many insects have extra eyes, called ocelli, in the middle of their face.

19. As it takes in blood, a tick can grow from the size of a grain of rice to the size of a marble.

20. Beetles make up about one quarter of all known species of animals and plants.

21. Bugs and insects are not the same thing.

22. A bug is an insect, but not all insects are bugs.

23. True bugs have a mouth shaped like a straw or needle that allows them to suck juices, mostly from plants.

24. Bugs also have three life stages, while insects have four.

25. Cicadas spend almost all of their lives underground.

26. Cicadas emerge from underground in cycles after a number of years.

27. Billions of cicadas emerge at one time.

28. They only live above ground long enough to mate and lay eggs—about six weeks.

29. Male cicadas attract females by making a humming sound.

30. Cicadas make this sound by moving their organs.

31. A single ladybug can eat more than 5,000 insects in its lifetime.

32. Fireflies, or lightning bugs, are only found east of the Mississippi River.

33. Water striders use surface tension to walk on water.

34. A termite queen can lay up to 40,000 eggs in one day.

35. A cockroach can live up to three weeks without its head.

36. Mosquitoes flap their wings about 500 times a second. That’s what makes the whining noise you often hear when a mosquito is close by.

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