At this web site, we give you a glimpse at just a few of the amazing critters we house at the Randall Museum. We will feature other animals in the future so make sure you come back and visit. This spring we are featuring insects to help celebrate Bug Day on May 19th. Insects are the most numerous and successful animals on earth. They are also the animals that keep most ecosystems running.
Insects outnumber other animal types in a number of ways.
No one knows how many species of insects there are but estimates range from two million to eighty million. The low estimate still far outnumbers any other living thing. There are also more individuals of insects than other animals. Honeybee colonies can have populations over 50,000 and ant colonies can be even larger. Insects also win when it comes to weight.