FUN PEST FACTS

• A Mosquito flaps it's Wings 500 time a second .
• The Locust is the World's most destructive Pest Species . It can eat it's own weight in food every day and large swarms can consume 20,000 tons of Grain and Plants in a day .
• Midges - which are actually bloodsucking Flies - beat their wings faster than any other creature . One type achieves an astonishing 1,000 beats a second .
• Ladybugs can eat as many as 5,000 Aphids in a lifetime .
• A Typical Bed usually houses over 6 Billion Dust Mites .
• An Adult Bed Bug can survive up to one year without feeding .
• There are nearly as many species of Ants (8.800) as there are species of Birds (9,000) in the world .
• Each year Insects eat 1/3 of the Earth's food crop ..
• The Blood of Mammals is Red , the Blood of Insects is Yellow and the Blood of Lobsters is Blue .
• A Snail can sleep for Three years .