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INSECTS
Insect, (class Insecta or Hexapoda), any member of the largest class
of the phylum Arthropoda, which is itself the largest of the animal
phyla. Insects have segmented bodies, jointed legs, and external
skeletons (exoskeletons).
Insects are distinguished from other arthropods by their body, which
is divided into three major regions:
(1) the head, which bears the mouthparts, eyes, and a pair of antennae,
(2) the three-segmented thorax, which usually has three pairs of legs
(hence “Hexapoda”) in adults and usually one or two pairs of wings,
(3) the many-segmented abdomen, which contains the digestive, excretory,
and reproductive organs.
Insect
https://www.britannica.com/animal/insect
List
of
Insects
https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-of-insects-2073946
Insect
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect
Entomology
Today
https://entomologytoday.org/
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The Amateur
Entomologists'
Society (AES)
https://www.amentsoc.org/
Insect,
Bugs and Spider
Identification
North America
https://www.insectidentification.org/
Insect
Images
Database
https://www.ars.usda.gov/plains-area/mhk/cgahr/spieru/docs/insect-images-database/
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BUG
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INSECT
We tend to use the word bug loosely for any very small creature with legs.
However, a true bug is defined as belonging to the order Hemiptera. These
creatures characteristically have tough forewings and lack teeth.
True bugs have a stylet (a mouth shaped like a straw) that they use to suck
juices from plants. Bugs are a type of insect, which belong to the class
Insecta, and they are characterized by three-part bodies, usually two pairs
of wings, and three pairs of legs, (e.g., bees and mosquitoes).
Arthropods (spiders, ticks, centipedes, etc.) is a separate phylum from bugs
and insects. All of this does not mean that you are wrong to call various
insects bugs; because of the common usage of this meaning, it is certainly
acceptable.
“Bug” vs. “Insect”
https://www.dictionary.com/e/bug-vs-insect/
What
Are
Insects?
https://www.dkfindout.com/us/animals-and-nature/insects/what-is-an-insect/
What
Are
Insects?
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-are-insects-1968416
INSECTS
PICTURES
& FACTS
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/topic/insects
The Best Apps for
Identifying Bugs,
Trees & More in
the Woods and Garden
https://www.fatherly.com/gear/7-apps-that-will-convince-your-kid-you-know-everything-about-the-natural-world/
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RELATED
TOPICS
Everything about Arachnids
https://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/arachnids/
Everything about Spiders
https://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/arachnids/spiders/
Everything about Insects
https://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/insects/
Everything about Bees
https://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/insects/bees/
Everything about Beetles
https://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/insects/beetles/
Everything about Bugs
https://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/insects/bugs/
Everything about
Butterflies and Moths
https://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/insects/butterflies_and_moths/
Everything about Flies
https://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/insects/flies/
Everything about Wasps
https://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/insects/wasps/
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INSECT
SEARCH
LINKS
4 apps to easily
identify insects
with the mobile camera
https://oneandroid.net/4-apps-to-easily-identify-insects-with-the-mobile-camera/
Bug Files
https://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/
Bug Finder
https://www.insectidentification.org/bugfinder-start.php
Bug Identification Guides
https://bigbughunt.com/bug-guides/us-and-canada/bug-index.aspx
Bug & Insect
Identification List
https://www.pestworld.org/pest-guide/
A Bug With Lots of Legs
12 Types of Leggy Bugs
You Might Encounter
https://howigetridof.com/bug-with-lots-of-legs/
Canadian National Collection
of Insects, Arachnids,
and Nematodes (CNC)
https://www.agr.gc.ca/eng/scientific-collaboration-and-research-in-agriculture/agriculture-and-agri-food-research-centres-and-collections/canadian-national-collection-of-insects-arachnids-and-nematodes-cnc/?id=1270047992811
Free application that
identifies insects from
photos: Picture Insect
https://webrazzi.com/en/2019/07/12/free-application-that-identifies-insects-from-photos-picture-insect/
Fun Facts About Bugs
https://www.pest-help.com/bug-facts/
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Insects in the City!
https://citybugs.tamu.edu/
Index Of Insects
& Spiders On
Wayne's Word
https://www2.palomar.edu/users/warmstrong/insects.htm
INSECT IDENTIFIER
https://earthbox.com/bug-chart
Insect Identification
https://www.insectidentification.org/
Insect Identification
https://extension.unh.edu/agriculture-gardens/pest-disease-growing-tools/insect-identification
Insect Identification
http://www.uwyo.edu/entomology/_files/_docs/slideshows/2007-major-insect-orders-of-horticultural-importance.pdf
Insect Identification
https://extension.arizona.edu/insect-identification
Insect Identification
and Management
https://ag.sccgov.org/id-management/insect-identification-and-management
Insect Identification
Online Resources
https://ag.umass.edu/landscape/fact-sheets/insect-identification-online-resources
Insect Images
https://www.insectimages.org/
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Insect Index
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InsectIndex
Picture Insect
https://pictureinsect.com/
Search insects
https://insect-plant.org/insectindb/insect/search
U.S. National Insect
Collection Database
https://data.nal.usda.gov/dataset/us-national-insect-collection-database
What are insects?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/what-are-insects/
What are insects?
http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/insect.html
What are insects?
https://study.com/academy/lesson/types-of-insects-lesson-for-kids.html
What's that bug?
How to identify any
plant or animal with
your smartphone
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/citizen-science-nature-apps-1.5214817
What is a bug?
Insects, arachnids,
and myriapods
https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/discover-collections/read-watch-play/science/your-bug-questions-answered/what-bug-insects-arachnids
What's the Difference
Between Bugs and Insects?
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/579236/whats-difference-between-bugs-and-insects
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Bug
Guide
https://bugguide.net/
Entomological
Society of
America
https://www.entsoc.org/
Bugwoodwiki
https://wiki.bugwood.org/Main_Page
The Tree of Life
Web Project
(ToL)
http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html
Journey
North
https://journeynorth.org/
American Museum
of Natural History
https://www.amnh.org/
Global Biodiversity
Information Facility
http://www.gbif.org/
Insects
http://amazingfacts4u.com/category/insects/
Animals and
Their Habitats
http://www.dpughphoto.com/index
Critter Catalog
http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/
The
Encyclopedia
of Life
http://eol.org/
The Xerces
Society
http://www.xerces.org/
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