Our Small Neighbours Trivia Quiz

Answer: 6,7 metres

That's right. The longest earthworm ever to be discovered was a whopping 6,7 metres! It was found in 1937 in Transvaal, South Africa. As Charles Darwin once said: "Earthworms have played a most important part in the history of the world." Why? Because by digging the soil they bring important minerals to the surface that are needed by plants.

Moreover, they drag rotting material into their burrows which can be also used by plants. So it shouldn't be strange that many farmers worldwide buy earthworms and place them on their fields to grow better crops!

Answer: True

Yes it's true. You see, slugs always crawl away from the blowing wind in order to protect themselves from drying out.

Answer: True

Strangely enough the cigarette beetle eats cigarettes and tobacco leaves, although it is more often found on tobacco plants than on cigarettes.

Answer: they turn them into slaves

Amazingly, yes. When the red ants attack a black ants' nest, they grab their grubs and take them back to their own nest. The black ant grubs then pick up the scent of the red ants and so grow up to believe that they are red ants too. As a result, they spend the rest of their lives serving their masters, the red ants!

Answer: False

It is the other way round. So next time you meet an earwig you can now easily find out whether it's a male or a female.

Answer: feet

They smell through their feet. This way they can understand what type of plant they have landed on and so choose the appropriate one to lay their eggs on.

Answer: 8

Spiders have eight eyes and four pairs of legs. They produce poison with which they paralyze their prey and drink their juices. However, many spiders have six. The number of eyes is often used to distinguish one species from another.

Answer: 1-2 days

Mayflies hatch on May and June and live for only a couple of days during which they mate and lay their eggs.

Answer: dragonfly

"Complete metamorphosis" is the procedure during which the young invertebrates, who do not look like their parents, go through different stages in their life in order to become an adult. The young are called larvae or grubs. Ants, bees, butterflies, wasps, beetles, moths, flies etc all go through a "complete metamorphosis". Dragonflies do not.

Answer: True

This is quite strange actually, considering the fact that most invertebrates abandon their eggs. Wooodlice are more often seen in wet weather, because the biggest threat they face is drying out.