Although many insects are considered pests, these creatures are still utterly fascinating. As pest controllers, we’re constantly discovering new and amazing facts about insects. For example, here are our top ten amazing insect questions.

Some cool insect questions for you to ponder

1. How do ants chew their food?

First on our list of insect questions is this: how do ants chew their food? This is a good question because ants obviously don’t have teeth. The answer is that all the UK ant species we know of chew food with their mandibles. You can basically think of these mandibles are a large pair of scissors or shears.

2. Do insects have blood?

Yes! As it turns out, insects have blood just like us. That being said, their blood is different. Unlike humans, their blood doesn’t carry oxygen. Instead, an insect’s blood carries nutrients.

3. Have insects gone into space?

Believe it or not, some insects have gone into space with humans. This includes fruit flies, who were the first insect to be carried aboard a space shuttle. 

4. Can insects breathe underwater?

Yes, many insects are capable of breathing underwater. The best example are scorpions, who use a snorkel-like tube that extends above water.

5. How do insects taste?

Did you know that very few insects have tongues with which to taste things. No, most insects use their feet to taste. The best example of this are butterflies and flies.

6. How do insects avoid predators?

Insects have many inventive ways to avoid predators. One of the most interesting are ladybirds, who often play dead when danger is around.

7. Can insects live without their heads?

Surpassingly enough, cockroaches can survive for weeks without their head if it becomes decapitated. Cockroaches are renowned for a calibre of hardiness that make them so hard to kill. This fact is just one of a list of their indestructible qualities.

8. How many insects are there on planet earth?

Number eight on our list of insect questions will astound you. Did you know there are a quintillion insects on planet earth? Written out this looks like 1,000,000,000,000,000,000

9. Do insects fart?

This is a bit of a weird item on this list of insect questions, but yes, they do. Just like humans, bugs also fart. This happens because insects‘ bodies produce gas when food is eaten.

10. Do insects have brains?

Absolutely! Even the smallest insects have brains. Having said that, understand that their brains aren’t nearly as advanced as ours. Insects‘ brains are actually microscopic when compared to ours.