The World of Insects

Live to learn and you will really learn to live. - John C. Maxwell

Knowledge is like a rare gem; the more facets it has, the greater its brilliance. - Validivar

Today, we take a peek into the world of insects. These are some interesting fun facts about insects – courtesy of Facebook pages ‘Colours of Nature’, ‘Ancestral Stories’, ‘Weird Facts’, ‘Unbelievable Facts’, ‘Today I Learned’, ‘Science and Facts’, ‘Crazy Creatures, ‘The Knowledge Factory’, ‘The Study Secrets’ etc… However, I do not know if they are true. Some of them sound really incredible.

The African midge Polypedilum vanderplanki is one of the few animals capable of true anhydrobiosis survival without water. Its larvae can lose up to 97% of their body moisture and enter a glass-like suspended state in which metabolism nearly stops.

In this dried condition they can survive extreme heat, cold, and even the vacuum of space for years. When water returns, the larvae rehydrate, restart their cellular processes, and recover within hours as if nothing happened. – A Facebook post by ‘Crazy for Facts’

Confirmed sightings followed reports from local observers, with scientists verifying the insects after Iceland’s warmest May on record allowed them to survive outdoors.

One of the last mosquito free countries just crossed a quiet but historic climate threshold. – A Facebook post by 'Strangest Facts'

Before adulthood, the atlas moth spends weeks as a caterpillar eating constantly to store energy. As an adult, it has no mouth, flies only at night to find a mate, and burns through its entire lifetime fuel in days. – A Facebook post by 'Strangest Facts'

Honeybee venom contains melittin, a compound that activates pain receptors, and because a honeybee’s stinger is barbed, it can continue pumping venom for a short time after detaching (typically up to a few minutes). The intensity of pain really does vary depending on the person and where the sting occurs. – A Facebook post

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