50 Examples of Insects

The insects They are a type of animal belonging to the kingdom of the arthropods, characterized by having the body protected by an external skeleton (called exoskeleton), with the legs and the body in an articulated way. For example: bumblebee, lacewing, earwig.

The insect body, then, it is characterized by being divided into head, thorax and abdomen, in addition to a pair of antennae, one or two pairs of wings and three pairs of legs.

The insects are normally of very small size, although they can reach up to 20 centimeters in length. The largest are those that live in the tropics, especially the jungle, because they receive a large amount of sunlight that allows the growth and storage of carbon of the plants. Plants are the food central to insects, although some feed on other easy-to-catch animals.

Classification of insects

A common classification that is made on insects is in different orders:

Examples of insects

Importance of insects

Among all the insects concentrated around the 70% of the planet's species, although many of them have not yet been cataloged.

The importance of insects in ecosystem it is total, and some studies affirm that without them, life on our planet could not survive more than a month. Perhaps the most important of its functions is pollination, without which many species could not reproduce.

Insects also serve as food for many species (birds Y mammals) and have a function of recycling and removal of dirt, or organic material dead.

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