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All butterflies can fly.
True
False
On the Kerguelen Islands near Antarctica live butterflies that cannot fly. The wind is so powerful that flying is dangerous, and so they have lost that ability over generations.
False. On the Kerguelen Islands near Antarctica live butterflies that cannot fly. The wind is so powerful that flying is dangerous, and so they have lost that ability over generations.
Bees communicate by dancing. (Photo credit: S.I)
Bees signal to other bees through a language of dance. A "waggle dance," for example, signals that food is nearby, while other dances are used to communicate information about other environmental conditions.
Spiders are classified as dipterans/ diptera
Scientists classify spiders as arachnids, a kind of creature that has four pairs of legs. Dipterans are insects with two sets of wings.
False. Scientists classify spiders as arachnids, a kind of creature that has four pairs of legs. Dipterans are insects with two sets of wings.
In its life, how much honey does one honeybee make?
A) A pint
B) A jar
C) A 12th of a teaspoon
One hardworking honey bee produces one 12th of a teaspoon in its entire lifetime(which can last from 36 days in peak summer to 3-4 months in winter). This equates to 12 honey bees producing that single teaspoon.
What is the largest butterfly in the UK? (Photo credit Iain Leach)
A) Purple emperor
B) Swallowtail
C) Peacock
Name this wild flower
A) Fox Gloves
B) Nightshade
C) Bluebell
Almost half of the world’s bluebells are found in UK.
Bluebell. Almost half of the world’s bluebells are found in UK.
In the last 20 years, UK's flying insect population has declined by as much as
A) 50%
B) 60%
C) 70%
Insects pollinate more than ____% of flowering plants, including many wildflowers and trees, fruit and vegetables helping to create and maintain habitats, ecosystems and plant populations that many other animals rely on for food and shelter, humans included. (Photo credit: S.I)
A) 70
B) 75
C) 80
In the UK pollinators fall within 4 main orders:
Hymenoptera- including all bees and bumblebees, wasps, as well as ants and sawflies
Diptera – true flies, including hoverflies, bee flies, mosquitoes and midges which are amongst many other groups
Lepidoptera – the butterflies and moths
Coleoptera - beetles
The abundance and diversity of wild pollinators has declined sharply over the last 4 decades, due to habitat loss or degradation, pesticide use and intensive farming and land use, development pressure, as well as the increasing impact of climate change.
80. In the UK pollinators fall within 4 main orders:
What is a good thing you can do to your lawn for insects?
A) Regular mowing.
B) Never mow till the end of May and leave wild patches. Avoid chemical treatments and weed killers
C) Keep your lawns as neat and tidy as possible.
Never mow till the end of May and leave wild patches. Avoid chemical treatments and weed killers.
According to E.O Wilson, the renowned Harvard entomologist, and inventor of sociobiology, what is the estimated survival to the extinction of the human species after losing all the planet’s insects?
A) Humans can survive without insects
B) Several months
C) 30 years
Without insects and other land-based arthropods, EO Wilson, the renowned Harvard entomologist, and inventor of sociobiology, estimates that humanity would last all of a few months. After that, most of the amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals would go, along with the flowering plants.
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