There are some bugs that everyone seems to hate.
Look at these pictures.

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What do we really know about the bugs we hate?

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mosquito

Most people know how itchy a mosquito bite can be.

But did you know that only female mosquitoes bite?

Female mosquitoes bite because they need blood for their eggs.

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Male mosquitoes eat only flower nectar!

Cockroaches have a bad name, but cockroaches are not all bad.

Cockroaches have been alive for more than 200 million years.

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bee

They are very strong. They can live for weeks without a head!

There are more than 4,000 kinds of cockroaches on Earth.

Bees might seem annoying, but they are some of the hardest animal workers.

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Bees almost never sleep.

After just three to six weeks, most honeybees die from being too tired!

Bees work hard together and have many different kinds of jobs.

What else can you learn about the bugs you hate?


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