Interesting Scientific Facts

... why the tongue of a moth is so long? The tongues of some moths and butterflies are as long as their bodies.

The food of these moths and butterflies is the nectar. It is produced in the deep pockets of flowers. By unrolling its tongue the insect can reach the nectar. When the insect rests, the tongue is coiled up like the spring of a watch, but it is always ready to unroll again in a moment.

... that some butterflies taste with their feet?

... where all the flies go for the winter? Most flies live their lives in spring and summer; then they die. But some of them find warm places (usually in houses) where they can hide. They do not eat in winter. They sleep as bears. Sometimes a warm day in winter wakes a fly and makes it hungry. So the fly begins to look for food. But the warm day passes, cold returns and kills the fly. Very few flies get through the winter.

... that the stinger of a mosquito weighs 0.000.006th of an ounce?

... that the water beetle carries a reserve supply of air under its wings?

... that a grasshopper’s ears are on its hind legs?

... that grasshoppers have white blood?

... that the bee and the silkworm are the only two of the 6,000,000 insects in the world that have been domesticated by man?