More than a million described species; there may be another nine million left to describe!
Did you know…
…Coleoptera, which is the order of beetles, is the largest order in Animalia. There are over 400,000 species!
…that some cicadas spend 17 years underground feeding on tree roots before emerging, shedding their last molt and becoming adults. As adults, they do not feed, only try to find mates!
Did you know..
…the stinger is a modified ovipositor, or an egg laying tube; the females are the ones who sting!
…there are over 180,000 described species of lepidopterans! Roughly only 11% are butterflies.
…that all odonates have an aquatic or semi-aquatic life stage as nymphs. They are carnivorous as adults and nymphs, primarily consuming other insects.
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