TRUE INSECTS What makes a true insect?. Check These Out! Pillbug Pillbugs and sowbugs are dark gray,...

TRUE INSECTS

What makes a true insect?

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PillbugPillbugs and sowbugs are dark gray, 1/2 inch long, oval crustaceans that are humpbacked and appear to be covered with segmented armor. Pillbugs are different from sowbugs because pillbugs are able to roll themselves up into a ball when alarmed, and they lack the two prominent tail-like appendages.

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SpidersSpiders have a hard body (exoskeleton) that has two main parts.

Spiders have 8 legs.

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many legs and their body has many sections.

Check These Out!MillipedesThere are many species of millipedes, most of which are long, many-segmented, worm-like creatures. Every millipede has two pairs of legs attached to each apparent body segment. Most millipedes are brown or black, but some species are orange or red. They range in size from 5/8 to 4-inches in length.                

They are all “bugs”But None of Them Were

Insects

So what makes a bug an insect?

See the next slide to find out!

Insects Insects go through

Metamorphosis Insects have an exoskeleton Insects have six legs Insects have three body

segments:– Head, – Thorax, – AbdomenInsects often have two pairs of

wingsInsects usually have one pair of

antenna

ALL INSECTS GO THROUGH METAMORPHOSIS

Metamorphosis means “big change”

Insect Bodies

Insects have an exoskeleton Insects have six legs Insects have three body segments:

– Head, – Thorax, – Abdomen

Insects often have two pairs of wings

Insects usually have one pair of antenna

Observe CarefullyCan you find all of the

parts? Insects have an

exoskeleton Insects have six

legs Insects have three

body segments:– Head, – Thorax, – Abdomen Damselfly

Observe Carefully Can you find all of the

parts? Insects have an

exoskeleton Insects have six

legs Insects have three

body segments:– Head, – Thorax, – Abdomen

Observe Carefully Can you find all of the

parts? Insects have an

exoskeleton Insects have six

legs Insects have three

body segments:– Head, – Thorax, – Abdomen Green Tiger Beetle