Table of Contents What Is an Insect Eat or Be Eaten Where Do Insects Live Metamorphosis Insects in the World Glossary Read More Websites Index 4 11 16 21 27 30 31 31 32
What Is an Insect An ant is an insect So is a grasshopper and a moth How are they alike Count their legs Adult insects have six That’s more than birds lizards or mice Spiders and ticks creep around on eight legs So they’re not insects either But beetles cockroaches and water bugs are How many kinds of insects are there Q 4
A So far scientists have discovered about one million They are finding more every day 5 A flower beetle crawls around on six legs It is an insect
