Insects are animals with:
- three pairs (6) (usually) of jointed legs,
- one pair of antennae,
- compound eyes, and
- an exoskeleton (their bones are on the outside).
Part of
arthropod ("jointed foot") phylum Arthropoda
in
🐟︎ 🐢︎🐇︎🐜︎🐛︎ animal kingdom Animalia.
Insects are divided into 6-10 million species, making up 50-90% of all animal types on earth. You will find insects in almost all parts of the land and air, and some parts of the ocean.
🚧 In the future, we may add here identification paths for specific species of insects, probably starting with
hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) Adelges tsugae,
emerald ash borer (EAB) Agrilus planipennis,
monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus,
🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF) Lycorma delicatula,
spruce spider mite Olibonhychus ununguis,
Japanese beetle Popillia japonica
and
🐜︎🐛︎ true bugs order Hemiptera.
Please let us know which other species you would like to see here, using the
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