Fun Fact Friday – Insects and Bugs II

Fun Facts – Insects and Bugs II Honeybees have hair on their eyes. Ants have the largest brain of any insect. The average housefly lives for one month. Dragonflies can fly up to 50 miles per hour. About 80% of the Earth’s animals are insects. The common garden...

Fun Facts – Insects and Bugs

Fun Facts – Insects and Bugs I While gathering food, a bee may fly up to 60 miles in one day. Ants can lift and carry more than fifty times their own weight. The queen of a certain termite species can lay 40,000 eggs per day. Ticks can grow from the size of a...

The Fire Ant Sting

Have you noticed any raised white pustules (red, tender bumps with white pus at their tips) that itch and last for days after being outside?  You or your pets may have had an unfortunate intimate encounter with fire ants. Yes, fire ants do sting and it hurts....