DID YOU KNOW?

• Discoveries of insect fossils show us that insects have been around for at least 350 million years.
  
  
• There are over 3 million species of insects, and more are being
  discovered every day.
  
  
• The female of most insect species is usually larger than the male.
  
  
• Scientists are guessing that over 200 million insects live in the soil of one acre of rich farmland.

If you have ever been stung by a bee, buzzed by a pesky mosquito or had the leaves of your favorite plant eaten by a hungry caterpillar, you have probably wondered...
what good are insects, anyway?

Yes.... it is true that insects can cause damage, but they they can also be very helpful.

Honey bees give us wax and honey, silkworms make silk, some insects like the praying mantis eat other insects.

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