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
What are antennae used for Q 6 This beetle has three body sections
While looking at a butterfly or a bee also count its body parts How many do you see Adult insects have three main parts They have a head That’s where their mouth eyes and antennae are Six legs poke out of their thorax or middle Their tail end is called an abdomen A They are sensors that can touch smell and taste 7
