INSECTS

Creepy crawlers
Insects are
small animals
that don’t have
a back bone.

Most of them
lay eggs
PARTS
OF
AN
INSECT
MOSQUITO

Flying insects.

Males – nectar.
Female –blood.

Lay eggs in
stagnant waters.

Transmit many
diseases
COCKROACH

Pests –groups

Long antenna

Nocturnal

Omnivores
HOUSE FLY
Pests – lays 600 eggs in 21
days

Feed on dead and rotten

food

Spread diseases

Young one -Maggot

Honey BEE
A queen is the largest bee in
the hive.

Male-Drone

Honey bees live in large

groups called colonies.

Communicate through
waggle dance
BUTTERFLY
Taste with their feet

Migration

Caterpillar

Proboscis
DRAGON FLY
Long body, transparent
, large eyes

Fastest flying insect

Eat mosquitos and flies

Compound eyes
ANT
An ant can lift 20 times
its own body weight

Some ants fly

Omnivorous

Compound eyes
TERMITES

Usually flightless insects-

shed their wings once they
find a place to nest.

Pests- EAT wood

Lays egg every 15 sec

HEAD LOUSE

Wingless

Feeds– Blood

Spreads through contact

Pets – Dog lice

SPIDER
Eight legs

Web- Catch prey

Arachnids

Can be poisonous

Cant fly but can

jump
LADYBIRD
Farmers friend

Eat Aphids – a plant

eating insects

Colourful markings
–to avoid predators

Two pari of wings

GRASSHOPPER
Excellent hoppers

Herbivores

Fly for shorter

distance

Farmers enemy

Grasshoppers are
eaten by
birds,spiders,beetle
,lizards
BEETLE
Two set of
wings

Different sizes

Make noise

Glow in dark
FLEA
Flightless

Feed on blood

Lives on
mammals
&Birds

Can jump
STICK INSECT

Look like a twig

Herbivores

WalkingSticks

Longest Insects