CONTENTS The Insect World Ancient Insects An Insect's Body A Special Skeleton Where Are the Fossils Forming a Fossil Trapped in a Moment Wing It Insect Fossil Hunters From Ancient to Modern The Future of Fossils Glossary Index 4 6 8 10 14 16 18 22 24 26 28 30 31 WORDS IN THE GLOSSARY APPEAR IN BOLD TYPE THE FIRST TIME THEY ARE USED IN THE TEXT
THE INSECT WORLD Have you ever watched a line of ants marching along Have you seen a butterfly floating around a flower Then you know how amazing insects are There are about a million kinds of insects that we know of- and lots more that we haven't met yet Explore More THE INSECTS WITH THE MOST SPECIES INCLUDE BEETLES BUTTERFLIES ANTS BEES AND FLIES 4
DRAGONFLIES HAVE EXISTED FOR ABOUT 300 MILLION YEARS SCIENTISTS LEARN ABOUT ANCIENT DRAGONFLIES FROM FOSSILS LIKE THE ONE TO THE LEFT Insects have been around for a very long time Many lived even before the dinosaurs came along How do we know this The answer is fossils Scientists study fossils in order to learn more about how insects have evolved or changed over millions of years 5
