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

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Insects & Bugs

Long ago, silk was more precious than gold — people used it to pay taxes, salaries, and even trade with other countries!

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Alderflies belong to the order Megaloptera, which means “large wings” in Greek!

Insects & Bugs

A worker bee has about 170 special scent receptors on its antennae, which help it find flowers and communicate with other bees!

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Some species of spiders can lay up to 3,000 eggs in their lifetime!

Insects & Bugs

Ballooning spiders can travel through the air for hundreds of miles by releasing strands of silk that catch the wind!