Female beetles usually lay 10 eggs.
False: female beetles usually lay dozens or hundreds of eggs.
Bees are found on every continent except Antarctica
True
Caterpillars have 3 pairs of eyes.
False: Caterpillars have six pairs of eyes.
Butterflies have two wings.
False: Butterflies have four wings.
Spiders have 8 legs while insects have 6.
True
Grasshoppers have two antennae, 1 leg, two pairs of wings and small little pincers to tear off food such as grasses, leaves and cereal crops
False
Slugs have tentacles, blowholes and thousands of teeth.
True
The word "mosquito" is the Spanish and Portuguese word for "little fly"
True
An abnormal fear of spiders is called ‘arachnophobia’
True
Spiders are arachnids, not insects.
True
A cockroach can live for up to one week without its head!
True
Cockroaches can run up to 1 kilometer an hour.
False: Cockroaches can run up to 4 kilometers an hour.
The scorpion is nocturnal, often hiding during the day under rocks and in holes in the ground before emerging at night to feed.
True
Most beetles only live for a year
True
Ladybugs live for about three months.
False: Ladybugs live for about a year.
Grasshoppers are commonly eaten in Europe countries, such as France, UK and German, the insect is a very good source of protein.
False: Grasshoppers are commonly eaten in African, Central and South American countries.
Caterpillars only have eight true legs.
False: Caterpillars only have six true legs.
Scientists estimate that there are between 15000 and 20000 different species of butterfly.
True
Many adult moths eat grass.
False: Many adult moths don't eat.
Ants leave trails and communicate with each other using pheromones as chemical signals.
True