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Are you an expert?

Here's a questionnaire to test your knowledge about insects and compare it with the results obtained by the other visitors.

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To what group or phylum of the animal kingdom do insects and arachnids belong?

Nematodes.
Arthropods.
Echinoderms.

You should select an answer

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Insectometer

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How do you react to the presence of insects in your home?

I look for the best solution to eradicate them as soon as I see them.
I call someone to eradicate them for me.
Insects play a very important role in our ecosystem. I live and let live.
Insects? There aren't any in my home because I have always used Cruz+Verde insecticides.
Poor things... what are they doing in a house? I open a door or window to try to entice them outdoors, back to their natural environment.
I run away: I can't bear them.

Curiosities

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  • Curiosity #1

    The females of culex mosquito can lay up to 300 eggs a time.

  • Curiosity #2

    Aedes mosquito bites are less painful and less noticeable.

  • Curiosity #3

    Only female mosquitoes bite.

  • Curiosity #4

    There are more than 3,200 species of mosquito.

  • Curiosity #5

    A German cockroach and its offspring can produce 300,000 cockroaches in 1 year.

  • Curiosity #6

    Aedes mosquito bites also during the daytime.

  • Curiosity #7

    Cockroaches are almost blind; they use their feelers to find their way.

  • Curiosity #8

    Mosquitoes need water to complete their life cycle.

  • Curiosity #9

    Mosquitoes are vectors for various diseases.

  • Curiosity #10

    There are more than 4,500 cockroach species.

  • Curiosity #11

    Cockroaches can live almost anywhere.

  • Curiosity #12

    Aedes mosquito likes to breed in man-made containers, indoor and outdoor.

  • Curiosity #13

    Aedes mosquito was first detected in Europe in 1979.

  • Curiosity #14

    Cockroaches have remained virtually unchanged since they first appeared 300 million years ago.