Invertebrate Collections: Entomology
Entomology is the study of insects. Insects include animals such as flies, cicadas, moths, earwigs, fleas, bugs, cockroaches, bees, dragonflies, and termites.
Insects are animals that have:
- a pair of antennae
- six walking legs
- a body divided into three parts
- a skeleton outside the body
- mouthparts which are adapted for particular diets
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