Dung beetles navigate by the Milky Way — the first insect ever proven to use galactic light to orient.
Male atlas moths can detect a female's pheromones from several kilometers away using their massive feathered antennae.
Workers forage in the rainforest canopy, sometimes climbing 30 meters into a single tree before returning to the colony at the base.
Globe skimmer dragonflies migrate up to 18,000 km across the Indian Ocean — the longest insect migration on Earth.
Driver-ant workers are functionally blind — they navigate entirely by pheromone trail, releasing chemicals strong enough to detect days later.
Hummingbird hawkmoths migrate across the Mediterranean and have been documented crossing the Sahara.
Their hearing range overlaps with bat echolocation, helping them detect and evade nocturnal predators during migration.
