Creepy Crawlies

 

 

So what makes an insect an insect?

For something to be considered an insect

It must have no more or no less than 6 legs!

How many legs does this Goliath Beetle have?

  Goliath Beetle

 

 

What about this assassin Bug?

http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4TH/KKHP/1insects/bugpix/Assbug.JPEG

 

Is this centipede an insect?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Centipede.jpg/225px-Centipede.jpg

 

 

Nope a centipede is in a bug category called an arthropod.

An arthropod is a bug that has a pair of legs for every body segment.

Here are some more bugs see if you can find the one that is not an insect!

 

  

 

 

       http://www.myrmecos.net/Myrmecia1s.JPG                An earth-boring dung beetle, of the genus Geotrupes, 20 mm in size, with green metallic sheen   

 

                        

 

 

 

 

That’s right the spider is not an insect!

Spiders belong to a bug family called arachnids!

Arachnids have 8 legs and typically have 8 eyes! To see

More pictures of arachnids click on the picture

Of the spider above!

 

 

Bug Games

Spider Game

Bubble bug game

Bug Memory

Garden Game

 

 

Bug Story

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