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Insects and Bugs!
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Insects have body parts just like
you.
1. Head
2. Thorax
3. Abdomen
There are 3
main parts.
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Let’s look more closely at the
head...
Antennae
Eyes
Mouth
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Antennae
Antennae
Insects use their antennae to smell,
hear and feel vibrations. They even
use them to find each other.
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Eyes
Eyes
Insects eyes are not like ours. Some of them
have eyes with thousands of lenses which
means no one can sneak up behind them!
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Mouth
Mouth
Not all insects mouths are the same.
Butterflies drink their food while ants and
beetles chew their food.
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Let’s look more closely at the
thorax.
The thorax is where
the insects legs are.
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Grasshoppers use their back
legs for jumping.
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Crickets use their front legs
for digging.
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A praying mantis uses its front
legs for grabbing and holding.
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Most insects have four wings like
butterflies and dragonflies.
The thorax is also where an insects
wings are.
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The last part of an insects body is
the abdomen.
This is the part that helps
insects breath, digest food
and reproduce.
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Amazing abdomen facts...
Stingers are
found in the
abdomen.
Insects breathe through tiny holes in
the sides of their abdomens.