Insects Octavio’s Book Insects

Insects are Invertebrates, their body is encased in a tough shell

The ant and the house fly are insects

Insects body is made of three parts: head, thorax and abdomen

The praying mantis and the cicada are insects

All insects have six legs and a pair of antennae

The earwig and the cricket are insects

Insects legs are attached to the thorax and are made of…

small s egments and flexible joints

The flea and the bedbug are insects

Most insects start life as eggs and have many changes…

called (metamorphosis) into the adult form

The butterfly has a interesting metamorphosis

Many insects have two pairs of wings and can fly

The damselfly and the hornet are insects that fly.

The smallest insects are the fairy flies (just 8/1000 inch long)

The heaviest insect is the African goliath beetle (100 g)

Many insects are pests and cause a lot of damage and carry dangerous diseases

The mosquito and the termite are dangerous insects

But there are some very useful insects

The bee and the ladybird are useful insects

Other insects are:

The cockroach and the grasshopper

The moth and the dragonfly

The leaf insect and the stick insect

and many more…

there are over 1,000,000 kind of insects