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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
Not Insects!!
spiders
Isopods
scorpions
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!
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