Fast Facts: Nov. 18
November 18, 2010
- While most related urban legends are untrue, cockroaches are known to be fond of the glue on stamps and envelopes, so it’s best to keep these items in sealed containers.
- Termites reportedly become frantic and eat through wood at much more rapid pace when they’re exposed to loud music.
- Just as bees pollinate sweet-smelling plants, flies are attracted to (and pollinate) foul-smelling ones.
- Entomologists estimate that about one in every four animals currently living on Earth is a beetle.
- Mosquito repellants do not “”repel”” mosquitoes; rather, they make you invisible to the mosquitoes.
- The dragonfly is known by many different names in the various regions of the United States: darning needle, ear sewer, mosquito hawk or snake feeder.
