How many legs does an adult insect have?
AnswerSix
All adult insects have six legs.
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7 fact-checked facts about bugs and insects: their bodies, life cycles and behavior, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.
The basics
What sweet food do honeybees make from flower nectar?
AnswerHoney
Bees evaporate and process nectar into honey.
Going deeper
What are the three main body parts of an insect?
AnswerHead, thorax and abdomen
Legs and wings attach to the thorax.
Which is the largest order of insects by number of known species?
AnswerBeetles
Beetles (Coleoptera) make up a huge share of known insect species.
Where do many eastern North American monarch butterflies spend the winter?
AnswerMountains of central Mexico
Millions gather in fir forests in central Mexico.
Expert level
A moth found in which computer in 1947 is famously logged as the first actual 'bug'?
AnswerHarvard Mark II
Grace Hopper's team taped the moth into the logbook.
The so-called 'true bugs' belong to which insect order?
AnswerHemiptera
True bugs have piercing, sucking mouthparts.
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