Insect
A- Head B- Thorax C- Abdomen
2. ocelli (lower)
3. ocelli (upper)
4. compoond ee
5. harns (cerebral ganglia)
6. prothorax
7. dorsal bluid vessel
8. tracheal tubes (trunk wi spiracle)
9. mesothorax
10. metathorax
11. foreweeng
12. hindweeng
13. mid-gut (painch)
14. dorsal tube (Hert)
15. ovary
16. hind-gut (thairm, rectum & anus)
17. anus
18. oviduct
19. nerve chord (abdominal ganglia)
20. Malpighian tubes
21. tarsal pads
22. cleuks
23. tarsus
24. tibia
25. femur
26. trochanter
27. fore-gut (crop, gizzard)
28. thoracic ganglion
29. coxa
30. salivary gland
31. subesophageal ganglion
32. moothpairts
Insects, the biological cless Insecta, are pairt o the phylum Arthropoda. Thay are wee terrestrial invertebrates that hae a haird exoskelet.
Insects are the biggest group o ainimals on the yird by faur: thare are mair nor 800,000 sindry kynds (or speshie) that hae been descrived. New speshie o insects are continually bein fund: scientists think thare are millions o speshie still no yet diskivered. Thare are mair insects nor aw ither kynds o ainimals.[1]
Insects hae sax legs; an maist hae weengs. Insects war the first ainimals able tae flee. As thay develop frae eggs, insects dree metamorphosis. Insects leeve aw ower the planet: awmaist aw are terrestrial (leeve on land). A puckle insects leeve in the oceans or in gey cald places, sic as Antarcticae. The maist speshie leeve in tropical areas.
[edit] References
- ↑ Hall, Derek 2005. Encyclopedia of insects & spiders. Grange Books. ISBN 1-84013-793-2 / 1-84013-793-2