


var factarray=["Ants usually nest in the top 6 feet of soil when nesting in the ground",
			"One housefly can carry up to 500,000,000 organisms on its body.",
			"The Queen bee and most wasps survive the winter to begin their new colonies in the spring.",
			"Monarch butterflies can travel as far as 2,000 miles.",
			"Monarch butterflies fly each year from its breading ground in Canada to over-wintering sites in California and in the mountains of Mexico.",
			"It takes 2,000 to 3,000 bees working an entire day to collect enough nectar to make a pound of honey.",
			"The name 'beetle' comes from the Old English word meaning 'to bite', an early recognition of the rather fearsome biting mouthparts of many beetles.",
			"Honeybee queens can lay up to 1,500 eggs a day.",
			"Ants can secrete antibiotics to protect their bodies and their nests.",
			"A single ladybird beetle larva will eat between 200 and 300 aphids before becoming an adult.",
			"As an adult, a single female ladybird beetle can eat up to 500 aphids before laying eggs.",
			"By late fall, yellowjacket nests can contain as many as 3,000 workers.",
			"Colonies of a Brazilian wasp may have over a million workers.",
			"Castes are the different groups of insects in a social colony and each has a particular function.",
			"Eusocial insects are insects that live in an organized society with a reproductive division of labor.",
			"Honeydew is a sugary substance secreted by some insects, such as aphids.",
			"Lepidoptera is the order of insects that includes butterflies and moths.",
			"Flies appear to have two wings but they actually have four.  The second pair are reduced to two short stumps called halteres.",
			"The iridescent colors of some insects are caused by light refracting off of surfaces in the body structures of insects.",
			"The exoskeleton is the hard outer structure of an insect that gives it protection and support.",
			"Pupating means going through the stage between larva and adult.",
			"There are about 450 known species of plants that catch and kill insects.",
			"The colors red, yellow, and black often mean danger in the insect world.  Insects with these colors could be poisonous.",
			"Insects even live in Antarctica!  This southern continent is home to a wingless fly.",
			"Bees recognize members of their colony by scent.",
			"Ocelli are simple eyes of an insect or other arthropod.",
			"Ovipositor is a specialized organ used by many insects for depositing eggs.",
			"Dragonflies are not dangerous to human, but they are dangerous to mosquitoes, which they eat as they fly.",
			"Insects skeletons are outside their bodies.",
			"Exoskeletons protect insects and keep moisture locked inside insects' bodies.",
			"Pharaoh ants guard aphids against predators like sheep dogs guard their flocks.",
			"Water beetles catch and carry a bubble of air at the tip of their abdomen and use it to breath underwater.",
			"Beetles are the largest order of all plants and animals.  They make up about 1/5 of all known species.",
			"Insects blood freezes well below the freezing point of water because their blood contains sodium, potassium, and chloride ions, which lower its freezing point.  This is why insects survive winter.",
			"Fifteen generations of houseflies can be born each year.  This is one reason why some insects developed resistance to chemical pesticides so quickly.",
			"Insects are survivors!  The first known insect fossils date back 345 million years.",
			"Over 700 species of butterflies are found in North America.",
			"Adult butterflies range in size from the 1/2'' pygmy blue in southern California, to the giant female Queen Alexandra's birdwing of New Guinea, which has a 10'' wing span.",
			"Although most adult butterflies may live form 20 to 40 days, some are believed to live for only 2 to 3 days.",
			"Butterfly tarsi or feet possess a sense of similar to taste.  Contact with sweet liquids such as nectar causes the proboscis or tongue to uncoil.",
			"Millions of overlapping scales give butterfly wings their colors and patterns.",
			"Insects cannot see the color red.",
			"Red dyes, known as cochineal dyes, are obtained from scale insects and have been used for coloring cosmetics, beverages, and medicines.",
			"The total number of insects in the world is at least two times the number of all other animal and plant species combined.",
			"Only 8% of the insect population are pests.",
			"The first evidence of the ancestor of insects was found in the Paleozoic Era, more than 300,000 years ago.",
			"Insects actually sleep! They are considered to be in a comatose state.",
			"When cheese mites infest flour, the way they feed makes it look as if the flour is breathing.",
			"Most insects need Vitamin B to stay healthy.",
			"Deer tick larvae prefer to feed on the blood of the white-footed mouse.  They feed only once - for two days.",
			"With all of humankind's technological advances, beeswax is still the finest candle-making material.  It has a high melting temperature and releases a mild fragrance as it burns.",
			"Honey varies widely by color and flavor, reflecting the type of flowers that provide nectar.",
			"The acidity and sugar content of honey prevent harmful organisms from growing in it.",
			"Recent measurements suggest that about 1/3 of the entire animal biomass of Amazon rain forest is composed of ants.",
			"Some insects live in caves. Many cave dwelling insects appear to be remnants of the Ice Age.",
			"Cantharidin, a substance in blister beetles, can make animals sick.  Feeding on hay infested with blister beetles can kill a horse.",
			"A pound of termites has more nutrients than a pound of beef or pork",
			"The smallest ant is 0.8 mm long, and the largest 1 5/8 inches",
			"The ant's complete life cycle; egg , larva, pupae, adult, takes 6 weeks to 2 months or more depending on the season, temperature and species",
			"The female ant normally mates only once in her lifetime but may live and lay fertilized eggs for many years",
			"Worker ants are sterile",
			"There are anywhere from 500 to 800 species of spiders in the United States",
			"Most spiders can climb and hang by silk webs, and some can even jump",
			"The most common spider found in the eaves of homes in California is the cellar spider",
			"After laying eggs the female Black Widow is hungry and more likely to bite a human",
			"People are most commonly bitten by a Brown Recluse spider in bed, dressing or cleaning storage areas",
			"Cockroaches prefer temperatures above 70 degrees and will die in temperatures below 15 degrees",
			"Cockroaches can live 2-3 months without food and 1 month without water",
			"Cockroaches feed on decaying organic matter, and will eat starch materials",
			"A female cockroach may produce from 6 to 14 egg cases with 16 eggs per case. Eggs take 38 to 49 days to develop",
			"Flies can live 2 to 3 days without food",]
				
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