Beetle: The nearly 8-inch, Long Horn Beetle, Titanus giganteus, from South America.Ant: The Driver Ant of Africa, the worker caste reaching one and 1/3 inches.The Loudest Insect: One species of cicadas can be heard for a quarter of a mile.The Oldest Fossil Butterfly or Moth: A Lepidoptera fossil found in England is estimated to be 190 million years old.Some scientists believe that they live for 100 years. The Longest-lived Insect: The queen of termites, known to live for 50 years.

The Longest Insect: A newly discovered stick insect in China is 25 inches long, replacing the Malaysian stick insect at 20 inches.

The Longest-jumping Insect: One species of fleas jumps 150 times their own body length.

The Heaviest Water Insect: The Giant Water Bug of South America, tips the scales at nearly two ounces.

The Heaviest Insect: A Goliath Beetle from tropical Africa, weights in at 3 1/2 ounces.

Hawk Moths, which have been clocked at a speed of 33.7 miles an hour, come in second.

The Fastest Flying Insect: Dragonflies are known to travel at the speed of 35 miles an hour.

The Most Dangerous Ant: Doubly dangerous, the Black Bulldog Ant of Australia, stings and bites at the same time and has been known to cause death in humans.The Most Destructive Insect: Believed to be the Desert Locust, existing in areas from Africa to India, which eats its own weight in food each day, and devours great amounts of grain and vegetation when traveling in swarms (20,000 tons consumed daily by such a swarm).The bug looks so much like the nearby thorn, that animals that would like to eat it have trouble finding it. Others with odd shapes are violin beetles and giraffe weevils. The Most Bizarrely-shaped Insect: Arguably, various species of treehoppers, Family Membracidae (Homoptera), with incredible structures that resemble thorns and barbs on their pronota (backs).The Most Beautiful Insect: Widely accepted to be the Sunset Moth from Malagasy (Madagascar), a day-flying moth of rainbow colors.The Most Annoying Insect: Many would agree that it is the tiny biting fly known as a 'punkie' or 'no see-um, ' so small it can fly through the fine screening of a door or window.Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art.

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