what is an insect? taxonomy: kingdom: animalia phylum: arthropoda class: insecta physical features:...
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What is an insect? Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum:
Arthropoda Class: Insecta Physical Features: Hard exoskeleton
(adults), 6 legs, 3-part body, 2 antennae Diverse and Abundant!!
More than one million described species!! Represent more than half
of ALL living organisms on Earth!! Insect Body Plan Centipedes
& milipedes
Not Insects!! spiders scorpions Isopods Centipedes & milipedes
Familiar Insect Orders
Hymenoptera: bees, wasps & ants; many social species
Coleoptera: beetles;hardened wings called elytra Lepidoptera: moths
and butterflies; nectar-feeding (proboscis) Orthoptera:
grasshoppers, crickets and locusts Diptera: true flies, mosquitoes,
gnats Pollinators Are Cool!