insects

     

Insects (Class Insecta) are a major group of arthropos and the most diverse group of animals on the Earth, with over a million described species—more than half of all known living organisms—with estimates of undescribed species as high as 30 million, thus potentially representing over 90% of the differing life forms on the planet. Insects may be found in nearly all environments on the planet, although only a small number of species occur in the oceans, a habitat dominated by the other arthropod group of crustaceans.

Trivia about insects

  • In 1862 Darwin published a book on how orchids are fertilized by these creatures
  • Of insects, beets or berries, the one that's the original source of red cochineal dye used to color British uniforms
  • World Book says the average number of these creatures in one sq. mile equals the number of people on Earth
  • There are about 4,000 species of mammals, 8,700 species of birds & 1 million known species of these creatures