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Fire ants don't refer to one species of ant but rather to many.

Fire ants aren't called fire ants because of a relation to fire but rather because of appearance and sting.

They are omnivores.

These bugs are extremely aggressive.

Nests might rise up 18cm from the ground.

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Ladybugs have spots that warn predators.

Ladybugs feed on plant- eating bugs called aphids.

Technically they are supposed to be lady beetles.

They lay extra eggs as a snack for their babies.

They are voracious predators.

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Flies have only two wings.

Flies lay their eggs on  almost anything including, fruit, food, rotting flesh, and other things.

Their larvae are known as maggots.

There are over 100,000 species on Earth.

Flies like to eat manure.

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Their thorax is furry, while the bottom side of their abdomen is bare and glossy.

Females have black heads while males have black ones with white spots.

Only females have stingers even though males can be very aggressive.

Carpenter bees hibernate through the winter.

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Wasps can  be eaten by bats and that is the main predator.

They can sting for self defense an unlike bees they can sting ho many ever times they want to.

Only females have stingers which are actually for laying eggs.

Wasps are a help to humans because they eat all the other critters that affect us.

The queen bee is much bigger than the male working bees.

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Beetles cannot see very well so they communicate using pheromones, sounds, and vibrations.

Most beetles only live for  a year.

Female beetles lay dozens to hundreds of eggs.

There are over 300,000 species in the world.

They are very adaptable.

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Unlike most animals, grasshoppers actually hear by using the ears they have on their belly.

Not many people realize that while grasshoppers have very strong legs they also have wings which allow them to fly.

Their powerful legs allow them to jump really far but they only are able to do that because their legs act like catapults.

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Male crickets make music by rubbing their legs together.

A cricket's ears are its front legs.

Cricket's have excellent eyesight.

Even though crickets have wings they cannot fly. They can jump short distances.

They have one-inch long antennas called feelers.

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They are arachnids not insects despite some beliefs.

All spiders spin silk though not all spiders make webs.

Spiders have blue blood because they are not connected to hemoglobin.

Sometimes male spiders give dead flies as presents to females.

They are the only group of animals to build webs.

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It is  hard to identify whether a praying mantis is a female or male but it can be done by counting the amount of abdominal segments.

They have very big appetites and because of that are sometimes referred to as a "preying mantis."

They are called praying because their forelegs are raised up which looks like they are preying.

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Dragonflies are in the order Ordonata which means the "toothed ones," which rings true for dragonflies as they have very sharp teeth.

The area of a dragonflies' head consists of all facets which are like eyes for them.

Since they lay eggs in the water they are able to live underwater for two years.

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Beetles can live in almost any imaginable environment. They are highly adaptable.

While beetles are a species, inside that there are many variations in size, body mass, and form.

Beetles have two wings and almost the entire species has the ability to fly.

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Their nests can reach up to 3 feet tall.

Bald-faced hornets turn very aggressive if their nests are disturbed.

They are more related to yellow jackets than hornets.

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Bumble bees won't die if they use their sting.

They hibernate underground.

They mark the flowers they used for nectar by using their smell.

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Ants usually live in colonies with a queen ant.

Ants work together to get food and hunt.

The largest known ant species is 2.4 in long.

Ants are as old as dinosaurs.

Ants are in the class arthropod.