[Insects fact 1] Cleopatra had a special lipstick made for her, consisting of a crushed mixture of ants and deep red carmine beetles.
[Insects fact 2] The dragonfly is one of the most skilled predators on the planet, being absolutely lethal to other insects, missing only one prey in twenty.
[Insects fact 3] A San Francisco man named Tim Wong saved a threatened butterfly species (California pipevine swallowtail butterflies) by replanting rare flora in his backyard, transporting caterpillars to his local botanical garden, where they began to make a comeback.
[Insects fact 4] Farmers in Kenya are using elephants' natural fears of bees and building "beehive fences" that keep wild elephants from trampling the crops. It keeps the farms safe and prevents farmers from having to kill elephants to defend their livelihood.
[Insects fact 5] There is a species of butterfly named the Julia Butterfly that licks the eyes of caimans and turtles so that it can drink their tears.
[Insects fact 6] A giant American wasp called the tarantula wasp has a sting so painful, one peer-reviewed journal advises anyone who gets stung to "lie down and scream" to avoid further injury.
[Insects fact 7] Beekeepers are advised not to eat bananas because the smell of bananas makes bees aggressive as it releases the same pheromones that alert bees to attack.
[Insects fact 8] Caterpillars dissolve and "die" inside the chrysalis, so that the resultant butterfly could be called a “new” organism. Scientists even think they evolved from two different ancestors.
[Insects fact 9] Army ants were used as the first dissolving surgical sutures in India in 3000 B.C. and they still are utilized for this very purpose by Maasai people.
[Insects fact 10] Parasite (parasitus) was an accepted role in Roman society, in which a person could live off the hospitality of others, in return for "flattery, simple services, and a willingness to endure humiliation".
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