Download Insects poster

Insects
95% of all animal species are insects!
This animal class includes beetles, butterflies, moths, ants, bees, wasps, and crickets.
3 body Parts
Antennae
All insects have three
distinct body parts:
Head / Thorax / Abdomen
All insects have two antennae
that they use to sense the
world around them.
Exoskeleton
Crawly Critters
All insects have their skeleton on
the outside of their body.
All insects have 6 jointed legs
Wings
Cold Blooded
Most insects have one or
two pairs of wings.
However, not all insects can fly.
What do they eat?
Insects eat other insects, leaves,
plants, dead animals, garbage, wood,
and some even drink blood.
The rate at which they grow/develop
depends on the temperature of the
environment.
Habitat
Insects live everywhere - forests, jungles,
grasslands, deserts, swamps, ponds,
streams – and even inside the bodies of
other animals!
Interesting Facts:
Grasshoppers can jump 40 times the
length of their body.
Ants can carry objects that weigh 100
times the weight of their body.
A cockroach can live up to nine days
without its head.
The heaviest insect is the
Goliath beetle from Africa?
A male can weigh up to 100 grams.
The longest insect is a walking stick that
can reach a length of 33 centimeters.
There are more than 300,000 species of
beetles.
A flea can jump 130 times its own height.
Flies can "taste" with their feet.
Created by Michelle Montgomery