ArthropodaInvertebrates

Insects

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Little animals with six legs

Insect = six legs and three body parts.

Say it like this: insect = six legs and three body parts. Butterflies, ants, bees, and beetles are insects. Spiders are not insects — they have eight legs.

How do you know it is a insect?

Six legs

Count them: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

Three body parts

Head, middle, and back.

No backbone

The hard part is on the outside.

Most lay eggs

Many start as tiny eggs.

Animals you may know

Butterfly

Pretty wings

Ant

Works in a team

Bee

Makes honey

Beetle

Hard shiny back

Mosquito

Tiny biter

Grasshopper

Big jumper

Fly

Buzzes around food

Cockroach

Hides in dark places

Try this

In a garden, find one insect and count its legs. If you count six, it is an insect!

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