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  2. Insect - Wikipedia

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    Insects live in a world of motion. This leaf-footed bug climbs wind blown grass and flies off. Insects (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen ), three pairs of jointed legs ...

  3. Ant - Wikipedia

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    Ant. Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22,000 species have been classified.

  4. Beetle - Wikipedia

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    Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera ( / koʊliːˈɒptərə / ), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 described species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described ...

  5. Bee - Wikipedia

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    Apiformes (from Latin 'apis' ) Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea. They are currently considered a clade, called Anthophila. [ 1 ]

  6. Portal:Insects - Wikipedia

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    Insects (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen ), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and a pair of antennae. Insects are the most diverse group of animals, with more ...

  7. Category:Lists of insects - Wikipedia

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    L. List of largest insects. List of least concern insects. List of Cicindelidae from India. List of insect galls. List of Parthenicus species. List of Scarabaeidae subfamilies and tribes.

  8. Category:Lists of insect species - Wikipedia

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    List of Agromyza species. List of Alabagrus species. List of Aleochara species. List of Alluaudomyia species. List of Amara species. List of Ambrosiodmus species. List of Amegilla species. List of Andrena species. List of Anomala species.

  9. Insect biodiversity - Wikipedia

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    Insect biodiversity. Insect biodiversity accounts for a large proportion of all biodiversity on the planet—over half of the estimated 1.5 million organism species described are classified as insects. [1] [2] A pie chart of described eukaryote species, showing just over half of these to be insects.

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