15 Interesting Insect Facts
Best Pest Control at the Lake of the Ozarks is all about getting rid of the insects "bugging" you in and around your home. Having insects on the brain all day though, we can't help but wonder about them. Here are some interesting things that we found out when we looked. 1. Only about 1% of insects are actually harmful to humans. Many are even beneficial. (Nobody wants them creeping around the house though!) 2. Night butterflies have ears on their wings so they can avoid bats. 3. A fossil found of a cockroach was dated back to about 280 million years ago. 4. A cockroach can hold its breath for 40 minutes, and can even survive under water for half an hour. 5. Only male crickets can chirp. 6. Watch out for those lady mosquitoes. Only they bite, not the males. 7. A mosquito flaps its wings about 500 times a second. 8. Scorpions can live for more than a year without eating....