There are some photo shots of insects that I've found in the nearest area of my house and few fun facts about them!
Pieris brassicae ▲
Lymantria dispar ▲
fun facts about caterpillars:
- There are about 180,000 different species or types of caterpillars
- The life span of a caterpillar is approximately from two to four weeks
- Caterpillars breathe through little holes on the sides of their bodies called spiracles, not through its mouth
- Caterpillar has 6 pairs of small, simple eyes known as ocelli, and also called stemmata. These eyes can’t see images but can easily detect light intensity
Misumena vatia ▲
fun facts about spiders:
- Mother spiders can lay as many as 3,000 eggs at one time. Baby spiders are called spiderlings
- Spider has no bones. Rather, it has an exoskeleton, which is like a hard suit of armor that protects its body
- The world’s smallest spider is the Patu marplesi
- The silk that comes out of the spider’s spinneret is liquid, but it hardens as soon as it comes in contact with air
Apis mellifera ▲that one is from my hive :)
fun facts about bees:
- A honey bee visits 50 to 100 flowers during a collection trip
- A colony of bees consists of 20,000-60,000 honeybees and one queen
- The average honey bee will actually make only one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime
- It takes about 556 workers to gather 1 pound of honey from about 2 million flowers
Gastrophysa viridula ▲
Hemiptera▲
Melasoma populi ▲
Informations
https://www.factretriever.com/spider-facts
http://www.iggybiggybuggy.com/funfacts.html
http://interestingfacts.tv/animal-facts/interesting-facts-about-caterpillars-learn-more-about-these-voracious-feeders/
http://pioneerthinking.com/20-amazing-honey-bee-facts
Fellow beek here, great shots.
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