INSECTS



Some insects that we know are crickets, ants, wasps, bees, grasshoppers, beetles, moths, dragonflies, butterflies and flies.

WHAT ARE INSECTS ?
  • Insects have ___ legs (when fully grown).
  • The body of an insect is made up of three parts.
    ( ______________, _________________, _________________ )
  • Each insect has one pair of antennae or feelers.
    The feelers help the insect find ______________.
  • They have their "____________________" on the outside (__________________, like a shell).
  • Insects have ________ or ________ pairs of wings.
  • Insects are ____________-blooded.
  • They have no _____________, but small openings on their bodies.
  • Insects lay ______________ eggs.
  • Most insects go through a life cycle called _________________________
    (___________, ___________, ___________, ___________). The "baby" insect does not look at all like the ___________ ___________.
  • Some insects go through only three changes (like the grasshopper).

NOTE: A spider is
___________ an insect. Spiders have ___________ legs.
The spider has ___________ parts to its body and ___________ antennae.




LET'S LOOK AT AN INSECT


  • The insect's body has three parts - head, thorax and abdomen.
  • The head contains the feelers (antennae), eyes and mouth.
  • The thorax is the middle part. The legs and wings are fastened to the thorax. It contains the main muscles so the insect can run, fly, swim, or walk.
  • The abdomen is where the stomach is and where the eggs are produced. Some insects have a stinger at the tip of the abdomen


ALL KINDS OF INSECTS
  • Insects are the ___________ group of living things on this earth.
  • They live almost everywhere on earth.
  • FLIES lay ___________ of eggs and spread ___________.
  • _______________ lay their eggs in water. The larvae are called ___________.
  • ___________ live in a large group called a ___________ .
  • ___________ are the only insects that make food for man.
  • ___________ are harmful insects. They eat wood in houses.
  • There are many ___________ insects that eat farm crops. They ___________ corn, wheat, fruit and other crops.
  • There are insects that ___________ trees.
  • There are also ___________ insects. Without some insects there would be no ___________, ___________ or ___________ and other ___________ ... some insects ___________ plants (carry ___________).