8/13/2023 0 Comments Random fun facts about slugs![]() ![]() This spider eats insects and other invertebrates, as well as mice and lizards, and is up to 30 cm across, from leg tip to leg tip. The Goliath Birdeater, a kind of tarantula, it is the largest spider in the world. Spiders have eight legs and each leg has eight joints. Spiders’ bodies have two parts – the thorax and abdomen. Here's a question for you: What do flies, Romans, vultures, cats and poo have in common Answer: They are (or were) all so completely gross they made it into our 30 Disgusting Facts You Won't Believe Are True list. The total weight of insects eaten by spiders each year is more than that of the human population of the world.Ī strand of spider silk is twice as strong as a strand of steel of the same size. Beano Facts Team Last Updated: January 4th 2023 The following facts are too disgusting to believe. There are about 2000 different types of bees in the world, but only four can make honey.īees need to visit 2 million flowers and fly 55,000 miles to make a pound of honey. Titan beetles (including antennae) can be up to 21 cm long.īeetles have two pair of wings, and the outer pair protects the wings that are used for flying. The larvae of the Goliath beetle can weigh 100 g. The stag beetle is the biggest beetle in Britain and can be up to 85 mm long. There are fossil dragonflies dating back 300 million years.Ī head louse can change colour to help it hide in someone’s hair.Īfter having their heads cut off, cockroaches can live for nine days. There are more than 22,000 different kinds of insects in Britain.īeetles are the most common insects on the planet.įairyflies (actually a parasitic wasp) are the smallest insects, with males as small as 0.139 mm long.Īdults dragonflies have the biggest eyes of all insects. ![]() The total weight of insects on the planet is more than all other species put together. Insects’ bodies have three parts – head, thorax and abdomen. See ‘Watching Minibeasts’ for more information. Worms have been around for about 600 million years.Īn African giant earthworm can be up to 6.7 m long.Ĭentipedes can live for up to six years, and have from fifteen to over a hundred pairs of legs. Worms can have more than one heart – some have five or ten. Worms can eat their own weight in food in a day. Vermicomposting is making compost using worms, and uses tiger worms (also called red wigglers or brandling worms). There are more than 25,000 different kinds of invertebrates in Britain.Ī land snail can lift up to ten times its body weight. Minibeasts are also called invertebrates, which means they do not have backbones – instead, some, like insects and spiders, have a hard shell (exoskeleton), and some have soft bodies, like worms and slugs. ‘Minibeast’ is the collective name for many small animals, including spiders, slugs and snails, worms, insects, centipedes and many other things. ![]()
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