Interesting Pest Facts

Interesting PEST Facts A rat can go longer than a camel without having a drink of water Rats can reproduce every 3 weeks and their pups become sexually mature within 3 months Mice have super sonic hearing and can hear sounds up to 90kHz Mice can fit through a 0.6cm gap and have flexible skeletons One study showed that seagulls are 60% more likely to poo on a white vehicle than any other DID YOU KNOW? Humans eat 1417 different species of insects in their food 2% flies 2% termites 3% dragonflies 31% beetles 5% other 18% caterpillars 10% Cicadas, leafhoppers & planthoppers 13% grasshoppers locusts & crickets 14% bees wasps & ants For every one human, there are at least million ants 1.5 10,000 A single nest can hold up to wasps that can sting multiple times so don't go trying to get rid of it yourself! Honey bees have six legs, four wings and five eyes! Honey bees are pollinators and without them much of our food would not be able to grow! Fleas can pull 160,00, times their own weight, which is the same as you pulling 2,679 double-decker buses An infographic by PESTCOTEK .com