Insect Oddities Trivia

Question 1

How long can a cockroach live without its head?

Accepted Answer

Up to nine days

Question 2

How many types of photoreceptor cells does the mantis shrimp use?

Accepted Answer

16

Question 3

What do horse flies do with their food after swallowing it?

Accepted Answer

Bring it back up and eat it again

Question 4

How does the greater water boatman breathe?

Accepted Answer

Through its bottom

Question 5

When scared, ladybugs shoot smelly liquid from where?

Accepted Answer

Their knees

Question 6

Bulldog ants can jump up to how many times their body length?

Accepted Answer

Seven

Question 7

What do exploding ants do to protect their colony?

Accepted Answer

Explode, drenching their enemies in goo

Question 8

What is the only insect species identified in Antarctica?

Accepted Answer

The Antarctic Midge

Question 9

What makes aphids unusual reproducers?

Accepted Answer

They are born pregnant and reproduce in ten days or less

Question 10

Insects like bees and ants that follow a strong social structure are known as what?

Accepted Answer

Eusocial

Question 11

The horsefly can reach speeds of up to how many miles per hour?

Accepted Answer

90

Question 12

A single mattress that has been slept on can contain what?

Accepted Answer

Millions of dust mites

Question 13

Certain ants, like slave ants, capture ants from other colonies for what purpose?

Accepted Answer

To do work and tasks for their colony

Question 14

What do dung beetles do with poop?

Accepted Answer

Roll it into balls for food or sleeping spots

Insect Oddities trivia