Rourke Publishing Insects Don McLeese www rourkepublishing com
Chapter 1 What’s Bugging You We live in a world of insects Of the one and a half million kinds of animals identified by scientists about a million are insects Insects live almost everywhere except deep in the ocean Many swarm in the hottest jungles but others live in the coldest areas like the North Pole 4 Scientists discover as many as 10,000 new kinds of insects every year They think there may be many millions that have yet to be discovered
Bumble Bee June Beetle Green Damselfly Insects have six legs and they have no backbone Creatures like insects without backbones are called invertebrates Some insects such as butterflies have wings while others such as ants do not have wings Insects are sometimes known as bugs but not all bugs are insects The spider for example isn’t an insect This is because spiders have eight legs not six Wolf Spider Many people think spiders are insects but they aren’t They are arachnids 5
