Swarming termites and flying ants are often mistaken for each other. Their sizes may be similar. However, there are several notable differences:

Flying Ants

Elbowed antennae Two pairs of wings, rear wings smaller than fron

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1. One fourth of all known animal and plant species are beetles.  There are over 333,000 types of beetles.
2. The largest of all insects is the Goliath Beetle.  It grows up to 4.4 inches long and weighs up to 3.5 ounces.
3. The longest beetle lives in S
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1. Honey bees have 2 compound eyes and 3 simple eyes.  The compound eyes have 6900 facet giving them excellent vision.
2. While searching for food a honey bee may travel 60 miles in one day.
3. Honey bees fly about 15 miles per hour – their wings beat ove
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1. Silk comes from the cocoons of the true silk moth.
2. The larva spins its cocoon using a single stand of silk that is about 1500 feet long.
3. More than 25,000 cocoons must be unraveled to make one pound of silk thread.
4. The largest butter
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1. There are currently about 8,800 varieties of ants in the world.
2. The largest ant is found in Africa (1 ½ in. long) the smallest is found in Sri Lanka ( 1/30 in. long).
3. In agricultural or wooded areas, the imported fire ant mound may be 2 feet in  d
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1. Termites contain a one celled protozoa in their digestive tract that allows them  to convert cellulosic materials (wood) into useable substance.
2. Subteranean Termites live in underground colonies and surface for food.
3. The average size of the Ea
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1. Cockroaches are believed to have been on the earth for 350 million years.
2. Cockroaches are among the fastest land animals.  They are capable of moving 50 body lengths per second.  If a human could do this, he could do a 100 yard dash in one se
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