Email required. Please note: comment moderation is enabled and may delay your comment. There is no need to resubmit your comment. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. Written by : Emelda M. User assumes all risk of use, damage, or injury. You agree that we have no liability for any damages. Summary: 1. Author Recent Posts. Emelda M. A: In the book Beetles by Bernard Klaustnizer, there is a beetle called the South American longhorn beetle Tytanus giganteus that measures 25 cm!
The heaviest insect is probably the African goliath beetle Megasoma elephas , weighing up to 3. And the longest insect is a huge stick insect Pharnacia serritypes. The females can be over 36 cm in length!!
Q: Is there an insect that is worth money? A: There are many, many insects that are worth money. For example, the pollination work done for free by insects would cost billions of dollars every year.
Think about how much honey costs! Those bees are worth a lot of money. And insects like the praying mantis or ladybird beetle happily take care of eating harmful insects, saving money that could be spent on pesticides.
There are also silk moths that produce silk, insects that produce shellac, and some insects that are canned and eaten! Make sure you don't let the reputation of a few harmful insects prevent you from noticing all the good ones. Q: How do insects grow? A: Insects have their skeletons on the outside, with their soft parts inside. That makes it hard for them to grow. Every time they want to become bigger, they have to break out of their skin and swell up to their new size before their new skin hardens.
This is called molting. This means that once the insect is at its final size adult form , it can't grow any bigger! So the butterflies and moths that you see flying around won't be any bigger tomorrow than they are today! Q: What do insects eat? A: Just about anything! There are so many different insects and each one may eat something different. Lots of them eat plants. Some of them eat other insects. Some of them eat blood like mosquitoes.
Nectar from plants is also a popular food. And many insects like cockroaches or ants will be happy to polish off that cookie you dropped on the floor! Q: What's the most poisonous insect? Arachnids have eight legs instead of six, two-part bodies instead of three, and simple eyes instead of compound eyes. They also have different dining rituals: to eat, they inject digestive fluids into their prey before sucking up the liquefied remains.
So, in summary: All bugs are insects. Home About Sign Up Archive. All bugs are insects, but under the technical definition, not all insects are bugs. True bugs belong to an order of insects called Hemiptera. There are a few characteristics that distinguish bugs from other insects: Most bugs have a straw-shaped mouth, or stylet, that they use to either sap juice from plants or blood from animals.
They also tend to have long, segmented antennae and wings that are tough and dark where they meet the body and are thin and translucent at the ends. True bugs include stink bugs, bed bugs, water striders, and cicadas.
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