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This type of grasshopper has ears on its sides. The ear is the pale oval patch just below the wing.

If you take a close look at a fly or dragonfly, you will notice its big, bulging eyes. Eyes like these are made up of thousands of tiny eyes, all joined together. They are called compound eyes. These eyes are so powerful that they can see the slightest movements. They also allow insects such as dragonflies to look in all directions when they are hunting.

Many moths have amazingly sensitive antennae for sniffing out a mate.

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SUPER SNIFFERS • Ants find their way home by following trails of smelly scent left by other ants from their nest. • A male Indian moon moth can smell a female, using his feelers, from up to almost 7 miles (11 km) away.

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