Insects are invertebrates that are taxonomically referred to as the class Insecta. They are the most numerous and most widespread terrestrial taxon within the phylum Arthropoda. Insects are the most diverse group of animals on the earth, with around 925,000 species described—more than all other animal groups combined. Insects may be found in nearly all environments on the planet, although only a small number of species have adapted to life in the oceans where crustaceans tend to predominate.

There are approximately 5,000 dragonfly species, 2,000 praying mantis, 20,000 grasshopper, 170,000 butterfly and moth, 120,000 fly, 82,000 true bug, 350,000 beetle, and 110,000 bee and ant species described to date. Estimates of the total number of current species, including those not yet known to science, range from two to thirty million, with most authorities favoring a figure midway between these extremes. Adult modern insects range in size from 555 mm (see Phobaeticus serratipes) to 0.139 mm (see Dicopomorpha echmepterygis)

The study of insects (from Latin insect, meaning "cut into sections") is called entomology, from the Greek εντομος, also meaning "cut into sections" .

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farisvio (farisvio) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:16:27 -0000
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Os insetos são animais invertebrados da classe Insecta... grupo de animais do filo Arthropoda. @chefa
donaboa (donaboa) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:08:05 -0000
Os insetos são animais invertebrados da classe Insecta... grupo de animais do filo Arthropoda. @chefa
Ajaran e GO je haha RT @icharahadyana: hahahaha kreatif bik :D RT @biandadwida: Cu A M I: Crustacea, Arachnoida, Myriapoda, Insecta +_+
biandadwida (Bianda Dwida) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:18:56 -0000
Ajaran e GO je haha RT @icharahadyana: hahahaha kreatif bik :D RT @biandadwida: Cu A M I: Crustacea, Arachnoida, Myriapoda, Insecta +_+
hahahaha kreatif bik :D RT @biandadwida: Cu A M I: Crustacea, Arachnoida, Myriapoda, Insecta +_+
icharahadyana (Rahadyana Muslichah) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:13:07 -0000
hahahaha kreatif bik :D RT @biandadwida: Cu A M I: Crustacea, Arachnoida, Myriapoda, Insecta +_+

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