Insect Characteristics
All insects are alike in three ways:
1. All insects have six legs.
2. All insects have three main body parts; head, thorax, and abdomen
3. All insects have an exoskeleton.
All insects are alike in three ways:
1. All insects have six legs.
2. All insects have three main body parts; head, thorax, and abdomen
3. All insects have an exoskeleton.
Cicada
There are more than 1,500 species of cicada, but one of the best known is the periodical cicada that emerges from the ground every seventeen years.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/cicada/
There are more than 1,500 species of cicada, but one of the best known is the periodical cicada that emerges from the ground every seventeen years.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/cicada/
Honeybee
Worker honeybees are all females and are the only bees most people ever see. They forage for food and build and protect the hive, among many other societal functions.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/honeybee/
Worker honeybees are all females and are the only bees most people ever see. They forage for food and build and protect the hive, among many other societal functions.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/honeybee/
Locust
Locust swarms devastate crops and cause major agricultural damage and attendant human misery—famine and starvation. They occur in many parts of the world, but today locusts are most destructive in sustenance farming regions of Africa.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/locust/
Locust swarms devastate crops and cause major agricultural damage and attendant human misery—famine and starvation. They occur in many parts of the world, but today locusts are most destructive in sustenance farming regions of Africa.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/locust/
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
Madagascar hissing cockroaches do not inhabit human dwellings. These insects live on forest floors, where they hide amidst leaf litter, logs, and other detritus. At night, they become more active and scavenge for meals, feeding primarily on fruit or plant materials.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/madagascar-hissing-cockroach/
Madagascar hissing cockroaches do not inhabit human dwellings. These insects live on forest floors, where they hide amidst leaf litter, logs, and other detritus. At night, they become more active and scavenge for meals, feeding primarily on fruit or plant materials.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/madagascar-hissing-cockroach/
Monarch Butterfly
Only monarchs born in late summer or early fall make the migration, and they make only one round trip. By the time next year's winter migration begins, several summer generations will have lived and died and it will be last year's migrators' great grandchildren that make the trip. Yet somehow these new generations know the way, and follow the same routes their ancestors took—sometimes even returning to the same tree.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/monarch-butterfly/
Only monarchs born in late summer or early fall make the migration, and they make only one round trip. By the time next year's winter migration begins, several summer generations will have lived and died and it will be last year's migrators' great grandchildren that make the trip. Yet somehow these new generations know the way, and follow the same routes their ancestors took—sometimes even returning to the same tree.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/monarch-butterfly/