If a fly was as big as us, its eyes would be as big as
a football.
Most adult insects move swiftly on there six legs. They may not seem very fast to us because they are so small. But if an ant was as big as a human it could run five times faster than an Olympic sprinter and a human sized flea could leap over a 40 story building.
A worm has tiny hairs growing along its body.
Some spiders do not need a web to catch their prey.
Wasps have bright yellow and black markings to warn other animals that they are not good to eat.
I learned these facts from Insects: Eyewitness Explorers by Steve Parker
<b>Wednesday, September 3, 2008</b>
THINGS I KNOW ABOUT BUGS