What is an insect? Many people don’t know the answer to this question. Of course, there are many answers. “A bug,” some people say. But then, what is a bug? Let’s take a deeper look at what an insect truly is. Insects have three body parts: a head, an abdomen, and a thorax. They also have six legs. Instead of the bones that we humans have, insects have a hard protecting shell called an exoskeleton. Insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda which means jointed legs. Spiders, crabs, scorpions, moths, and so many more are also arthropods. But of all arthropods, insects are the largest group. So that’s insects. But what are bugs? Bugs are also insects. Insects are categorized into eight different orders. These orders are odanata, orthoptera, dictyoptera, hemiptera, diptera, coleoptera, lepidoptera, and hymenoptera. Bugs belong to the order hemiptera, which means ‘half wing.’ True bugs are cicadas, stink bugs, water bugs, and more. Okay, so that’s bugs. But what about spiders? Spiders are not insects. They belong to the second largest group of arthropods: arachnids. Arachnids have eight legs instead of six, and have only two body parts: a cephalothorax, and abdomen. Please watch this helpful video I found on YouTube which explains basic insects identification in more detail:
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JA
11/4/2016 05:47:23 am
Interesting! I never knew there was a difference between bugs and insects! That's really cool! The diversity in God's creation is amazing.
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