Insects And Bugs - Facts for Kids

Common buckeye butterfly with colorful eyespot wing pattern perched on yellow flower.

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Random Facts About Insects And Bugs For Kids

A group of flies is called a “business” or “swarm” of flies!

Behavior & Intelligence

Dung beetles use the Milky Way to navigate at night, making them the only known insects to use stars for orientation!

Fun and Unique Facts

The name “ladybug” comes from the Middle Ages, when farmers prayed to the Virgin Mary to save their crops from pests!

Some endangered spider species are being bred in captivity to help preserve their populations!

Fireflies are also called lightning bugs, but they’re not actually bugs either — true bugs belong to a different group of insects!