Butterflies & Moths 9 bugs
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Fun fact: Monarch butterflies fly thousands of miles to spend the winter in Mexico!
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Fun fact: A blue morpho's wings aren't really blue; they bounce light to look blue!
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Fun fact: Swallowtail caterpillars can look like bird droppings to stay safe!
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Fun fact: Painted ladies live on every continent except Antarctica!
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Fun fact: You can see right through the glasswing butterfly's wings!
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Fun fact: The atlas moth's wings are as big as a dinner plate!
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Fun fact: Grown-up luna moths have no mouth and don't eat at all!
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Fun fact: This moth hovers and sips nectar just like a hummingbird!
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Fun fact: A monarch caterpillar eats only milkweed leaves!
Beetles 8 bugs
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Fun fact: A ladybug can eat about 50 tiny bugs called aphids in one day!
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Fun fact: Male stag beetles use their giant jaws to wrestle, like deer with antlers!
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Fun fact: Rhinoceros beetles can lift things hundreds of times their own weight!
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Fun fact: The Hercules beetle is one of the longest beetles in the world!
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Fun fact: Dung beetles use the stars of the Milky Way to find their way at night!
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Fun fact: Fireflies make light with their bodies to talk to each other!
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Fun fact: Jewel beetles shine like shiny metal or jewels!
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Fun fact: The giraffe weevil has a super long neck, just like a giraffe!
Bees, Wasps & Ants 7 bugs
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Fun fact: Honeybees do a "waggle dance" to show other bees where the flowers are!
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Fun fact: Bumblebees shiver their muscles to warm up before they fly!
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Fun fact: Carpenter bees drill tunnels in wood to build their nests!
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Fun fact: Leafcutter ants grow their own food in underground gardens!
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Fun fact: Weaver ants build nests by sewing leaves together with silk!
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Fun fact: Paper wasps chew wood to make paper for their nests!
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Fun fact: The velvet ant is actually a fuzzy wasp without wings!
Hoppers & Hide-and-Seek Masters 8 bugs
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Fun fact: Grasshoppers have ears on their bellies!
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Fun fact: Crickets chirp by rubbing their wings together!
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Fun fact: Katydids look just like green leaves!
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Fun fact: A praying mantis can turn its head to look over its shoulder!
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Fun fact: The orchid mantis looks just like a pink flower!
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Fun fact: Some stick insects are longer than a ruler!
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Fun fact: Leaf insects even sway like leaves blowing in the wind!
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Fun fact: Some cicadas live underground for 17 years before coming out!
Pond & Garden 9 bugs
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Fun fact: Damselflies fold their wings together when they rest!
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Fun fact: Dragonflies can fly forward, backward, and even upside down!
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Fun fact: Water striders can walk on top of the water!
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Fun fact: Diving beetles carry a bubble of air underwater to breathe!
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Fun fact: A snail has thousands of tiny teeth on its tongue!
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Fun fact: Earthworms breathe through their skin!
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Fun fact: Pill bugs roll up into a tiny ball when they're scared!
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Fun fact: Centipede means "100 feet," but they can have 30 to over 300 legs!
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Fun fact: One millipede was found with over 1,300 legs!
Spiders & Friends 9 bugs
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Fun fact: This tiny spider dances and waves its colorful tail flap!
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Fun fact: Jumping spiders can leap many times their own body length!
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Fun fact: Orb weavers build a new web almost every day!
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Fun fact: Some tarantulas can live for more than 20 years!
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Fun fact: Wolf spider moms carry their babies on their backs!
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Fun fact: Trapdoor spiders hide in burrows with a secret door made of silk and soil!
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Fun fact: Daddy longlegs aren't spiders at all; they're spider cousins!
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Fun fact: Baby antlions dig cone-shaped traps in the sand!
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Fun fact: Grown-up mayflies live for only about one day!
