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Top 3 Most Abundant Insects

Beetles

Flies

Ants

Beetles make up the largest portion of the food chain. Beetles have a hard shell covering them, wings and many species can fly very well. They are found in all parts of the world with about 25000 species.

With 20000 different species of flies, most people don’t know they can only eat liquids because they have no teeth. Although flies can consume tiny, soft granular-like items but only after they are broken down into a liquid.

The Hymenoptera family of insects are the sawflies, bees, ants, and wasps. They make up around 18000 species. These top 3 insects make up around 53,000 species of insects found throughout the world.