Insects And Bugs - Facts for Kids

Life Cycle

A butterfly begins life as an egg smaller than a grain of salt!

Male fireflies of some species will flash in unison to create better chances of being seen by females!

Certain ant species can survive being completely frozen and thaw back to life when temperatures warm up!

If a silkworm were the size of a human, its silk thread would still be super fine — about as thin as a single human hair!

Bumble bees belong to the genus Bombus, which includes over 250 different species of fuzzy bees found around the world!