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HOW TO IDENTIFY INSECTS

 

 

Ants are insects.		Butterflies and moths are insects.		Mosquitoes are insects.
Beetles are insects.				Grasshoppers are insects.

 

Spiders are NOT insects

Spiders are ARACHNIDS.

 

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WHAT MAKES IT AN INSECT?

All insects have a body made up of 3parts:

HEAD

THORAX

ABDOMEN

 

All insects have

6 legs

a pair of antennae

Insects change as they grow.

Some young insects look totally different from the adult insect.

Some insects change just a little, but some change a great deal.

These are the larvae of ants.

This is the adult ant.

 

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