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Cool things about insects!

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Vane Rivera
Vane Rivera

Insects have a three-part body, three pairs of legs, compound eyes, and one pair of antennas. Their compound eyes are made of thousands of tiny lenses that allow them to see 360 degrees, though not details. Insects lay eggs in various locations and have life cycles from one day to 50 years. They use camouflage and mimicry, and come in a wide range of sizes and populations. While some insects are harmful, many are beneficial as pollinators, and their study contributes to our understanding of biodiversity.

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Cool things about insects Bio. Vanessa Parra R.
Introduction Insects are a class of hexapod invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body, three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae.
Legs structure and antennae
Compound eyes made of thousands of tiny lenses allow insects to se 360°. Compound eyes aren’t good at seeing details but they can detect movement very well.
Anatomy
Classification • Scientific name: Insecta • Kingdom: Animalia • Phylum: Arthropoda • Subphylum: Hexapoda • Class: Insecta Described by: Linnaeus, 1758
Cool things about insects!
Cool things about insects!
Life cycle • All insects lay eggs on leaves, sometimes in wáter, inside loggs, underground or even inside other animals. • Insects usually have a short life span of just one day, but others can live up to 50 years! • The protein fiber of silk is composed mainly of fibroin and is produced by lepidoptera larvae to form cocoons. -The best-known silk is obtained from the cocoons of the larvae of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori (sericulture).
Camouflage
Mimicry
Variations • Harmful • Imposters
size
Cool things about insects!
Population structure
Cool things about insects!
Cool things about insects!
Benefits
Cool things about insects!
Cool things about insects!
Fruits and vegetables that are produced by pollination of bees.
Hungry?
Insect bites can carry diseases
Cool things about insects!
Harmful insects for crops
Insect traps For flying insects especially butterflies, for underground arthropods, for crawling insects.
Entomologists use black lights, or ultraviolet lights, to sample and study nocturnal insects in an area. The black light attracts night-flying insects, including many moths, beetles, and others. Many insects can see ultraviolet light, which has shorter wavelengths than light visible to the human eye. For this reason, a black light will attract different insects than a regular incandescent light.
Biodiversity • Investigate • Select traps and sites • Collect • Treat • Analyze • Share knowledge

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Cool things about insects!

  • 1. Cool things about insects Bio. Vanessa Parra R.
  • 2. Introduction Insects are a class of hexapod invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body, three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae.
  • 4. Compound eyes made of thousands of tiny lenses allow insects to se 360°. Compound eyes aren’t good at seeing details but they can detect movement very well.
  • 6. Classification • Scientific name: Insecta • Kingdom: Animalia • Phylum: Arthropoda • Subphylum: Hexapoda • Class: Insecta Described by: Linnaeus, 1758
  • 9. Life cycle • All insects lay eggs on leaves, sometimes in wáter, inside loggs, underground or even inside other animals. • Insects usually have a short life span of just one day, but others can live up to 50 years! • The protein fiber of silk is composed mainly of fibroin and is produced by lepidoptera larvae to form cocoons. -The best-known silk is obtained from the cocoons of the larvae of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori (sericulture).
  • 13. size
  • 21. Fruits and vegetables that are produced by pollination of bees.
  • 23. Insect bites can carry diseases
  • 26. Insect traps For flying insects especially butterflies, for underground arthropods, for crawling insects.
  • 27. Entomologists use black lights, or ultraviolet lights, to sample and study nocturnal insects in an area. The black light attracts night-flying insects, including many moths, beetles, and others. Many insects can see ultraviolet light, which has shorter wavelengths than light visible to the human eye. For this reason, a black light will attract different insects than a regular incandescent light.
  • 28. Biodiversity • Investigate • Select traps and sites • Collect • Treat • Analyze • Share knowledge