Uncle Milton Bug Jug - Manual (Page 4)

Insects
never close
their eyes.
Insects protect
themselves by smelling
bad, looking scary, rolling
into a ball, fighting, running,
jumping, flying away,
hiding, or disguising
themselves!
Cicadas live almost
their entire 17-year lives
underground (the longest
lifespan of any known insect).
Then these orange-winged,
red-eyed flying insects emerge
all at once for a wild month
of breeding and
egg-laying.
Insects
were here before
there were any
dinosaurs.
There are
more kinds of
beetles on earth
than any other kind
of animal.
Some
butterflies
can fly hundreds
of miles without
resting.
There are
more kinds of
insects than all other
kinds of animals put
together.