7Fun and Weird Facts About Insects

• There are about 1,900 known species of edible insects available. • Insects are among the most diverse group of animals in the world, with over 1 million known species living. That amounts to over half of all known animals. As far as estimations go, there are 6 to 10 million species of insects on the planet, most of which have not been discovered yet. • It is estimated that there are 10 quintillion insects - or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 - alive on earth at any given time. • The most popular species of edible insects are, in descending order, beetles, caterpillars, bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, locusts and crickets. • The FDA already accepts as much as 60 insect fragments per 100 grams of chocolate, so you have probably been eating insects for longer than you think. • Entomophagy is the practise of eating insects. Entomon derives from Greek and means "insect(ed)", literally " cut in two", referring to an insect's segmented body. Phagein means "to eat", hence, "insect eating". • The Jumbo supermarket chain in the Netherlands has already started selling ready meals containing insects, in 800 of it's supermarkets. • Crickets are considered to be a sign of good luck in many cultures including Japanese and Chinese. • Unlike most other animal species, insects have an exoskeleton, which protects them from the environment. • They are cold- blooded, they reproduce rapidly and live in big populations of Giant isopods. • They metamorphose and can adapt to the seasonal changes around them. • Many insects do not require their parents to look after them. • Locusts are able to eat their weight in food in only one day. People eat their body weight in 6 months. • Honeybees actually have hair on the eyes. • Female crickets can't chirp, only male crickets can chirp. • 8 out of 10 animals living on our planet are insects. • A snail is able to sleep for years consecutive years without waking up. • Some worms in Australia are more than 1 m 20 cm long. • The total weight or all termites living on our planet is 10 times more than the weight of all humans put together • The heaviest insect on the planet weighs an astonishing 70g.

• Two billion people consume insects daily, living mostly in Africa, Asia and Latin America. • It is rumoured that crickets can tell the outside temperature: Count the number of chirps they make in one minute, divide by 4, and then add the number 40 to reach it [Giant isopods](https://postpods.co.uk/). • There are about 1,900 known species of edible insects available. • Insects are among the most diverse group of animals in the world, with over 1 million known species living. That amounts to over half of all known animals. As far as estimations go, there are 6 to 10 million species of insects on the planet, most of which have not been discovered yet. • It is estimated that there are 10 quintillion insects - or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 - alive on earth at any given time. • The most popular species of edible insects are, in descending order, beetles, caterpillars, bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, locusts and crickets. • The FDA already accepts as much as 60 insect fragments per 100 grams of chocolate, so you have probably been eating insects for longer than you think. • Entomophagy is the practise of eating insects. Entomon derives from Greek and means "insect(ed)", literally " cut in two", referring to an insect's segmented body. Phagein means "to eat", hence, "insect eating". • The Jumbo supermarket chain in the Netherlands has already started selling ready meals containing insects, in 800 of it's supermarkets. • Crickets are considered to be a sign of good luck in many cultures including Japanese and Chinese. • Unlike most other animal species, insects have an exoskeleton, which protects them from the environment. • They are cold- blooded, they reproduce rapidly and live in big populations of [Giant isopods](https://postpods.co.uk/). • They metamorphose and can adapt to the seasonal changes around them. • Many insects do not require their parents to look after them. • Locusts are able to eat their weight in food in only one day. People eat their body weight in 6 months. • Honeybees actually have hair on the eyes. • Female crickets can't chirp, only male crickets can chirp. • 8 out of 10 animals living on our planet are insects. • A snail is able to sleep for years consecutive years without waking up. • Some worms in Australia are more than 1 m 20 cm long. • The total weight or all termites living on our planet is 10 times more than the weight of all humans put together • The heaviest insect on the planet weighs an astonishing 70g.

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