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samantha
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About how many different species of insects exist on Earth?
 
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Kwll
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There are about 10 quntillion insects living on the planet at any one time with about 350,000 named species.

http://www.newsday.com/other/special/naturalworld/ny-e3446518sep14,0,4759016.story?coll=ny-nw-bottom-promo
 
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If I remember correctly, all the insects in the world outweight all the humans.
 
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Kwll
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That is likely given that this equates to over 1 billion insects for each person on the planet.
 
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samantha
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Thanks Kwll!
 
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