Interactive Bugs

African Bugs

Africa has the insect that rolls a ball by starlight, the heaviest beetle on Earth and ants that march in millions. Choose a place and one will follow you round it.

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Two places to discover

Savanna A dung beetle, a desert locust, driver ants, a baboon spider, an emperor scorpion and an African monarch. 6 bugs Rainforest A Goliath beetle, a giant millipede, a giant land snail, a flower mantis, a mother-of-pearl butterfly and a Picasso bug. 6 bugs

Things to do

A to ZEvery bug on the site in one list, grouped by where it lives. Bugs by typeBeetles together, butterflies together, spiders together, from all over the world. My spotter's listSeen one for real? Tick it off. QuizWho is this? Ten quick questions, and a new set every time.

Where the giants live

From the dry plains to the wet forest, Africa's small animals do the heavy work: burying, recycling and feeding everything larger.

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