Bugs that can fly.

Butterflies

Butterflies are flying insects with two pairs of large, colorful wings. Butterflies are strong fliers, but they can only fly if their body temperature is higher than 86 degrees Fahrenheit, or 30 degrees Celsius. In cooler weather, butterflies spread their wings in the sun to warm their bodies.

Members of a Honey Bee Colony

Honey bees live in hives. Each hive contains a queen, female workers (pictured, right), and male drones. The queen lays up to 1,000 eggs a day. Worker bees gather food, make honey, tend eggs, and guard the hive. Drones mate with the queen, and then die.

Wasp

Wasps are a type of insect known for their sting. Most wasps have wings. Many wasps build nests made of paper collected from dry wood and bark and mixed with the wasps’ saliva. Here, a thread-waisted wasp drags a caterpillar to its nest.

Fruit Fly Laying an Egg

Fruit flies lay their eggs in rotting fruit, and maggots soon hatch from the eggs. Within two weeks, the maggots have become adult fruit flies ready to start their own happy families of maggots. So just finish your fruit instead of saving it “for later.”

Butterfly Zoo

Visitors to a butterfly zoo can see many different types of butterflies. The insects fly around freely in an enclosed area filled with trees and flowers.