Interesting

Insects

By Me (Me = Saket)
 
                       1. Hercules beetle
• Also known as a rhinoceros
beetle, the Hercules beetle is
the longest beetle and is the
strongest creature on Earth for
its size — it can carry 850 times
its weight!
• That’s like a person carrying
seven elephants!
                   2. Giant
long-legged katydid
• Also known as bush crickets, think of these green
leafy-looking things as giant grasshoppers.
• They are most active at night and because they
look like leaves it’s easy for them to hide in plants
and trees.
• Some katydids can be as big as or even bigger than
your hand!
     3. Assassin bug

•The assassin bug uses its straw-like mouth to

inject prey with a toxin that liquifies their
insides, which it then sucks it back up through
its straw mouth. How creepy is that?!
      4. Goliath beetle

•The goliath beetle is one of the largest

insects on earth. Some people who have
these giant beetles as pets will feed them
dog and cat food! They are found mostly
on the continent of Africa in Botswana,
Namibia and South Africa.
 • The Atlas moth is also known as Attacus atlas.
• These massive moths have a 25.4-centimetre wingspan (almost as long as a
ruler) with wing tips that look like snakes!
    5. Atlas Moth • Because of the patterns on their wings, they're also known as cobra moths.
• Atlas moths can be found in India and South East Asia and are often farmed
for their silk.
Yup, that's it!
• These insects were so interesting and weird to me.
• Do you know more?