insect facts
Insects are: an air breathing animal
with a hard jointed exoskeleton
bodies are divided into three parts:
the head with one pair of antennae
the thorax with six legs
the abdomen which contains the excretory system and the reproductive organs
there are over one million species of insects known
there are 32 orders of insecta
the largest is the beetles (coleoptera)
insects live everywhere except the deep oceans
their ability to adapt, metamorphose, and change form enable them to survive against extreme tempertures and climate changes
50% of all living species on earth are the insects
if anything survives a fallout, they will
what is an insect?
the importance of insects
some interesting insect facts
random insect facts
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