Class Insecta Fast Facts More than 1 000

Class Insecta

Fast Facts • More than 1, 000 known species! • Estimated 3, 000 more!!!! • 80% of all diversity of life on Earth!

Qualifications Of Class Insecta • Body divided into three parts • Three pairs of legs coming out of the thorax

Life Cycle (s? ) • Incomplete metamorphosis includes a nymph stage that looks similar to the adult • Nymph has no wings

Life Cycle (s? ) • Complete Metamorphosis includes a larva and pupa stage • Larva looks nothing like adult

Insects in love! • Female insects release pheromones (insect chemical locators) to attract males Received by antennae Also directs insects along “paths”

D-Fense • Insects defend themselves by • Camouflage Ex. Walking Stick • Stingers Ex. Bee • Sounds • And…

D-Fense • Mimicry (copying)

Insects Team Up! • Often, insects will live together in vast colonies

Different Jobs • In ant colonies there are different jobs • Queen ant-Responsible for production of worker ants

ANTZ! • Worker ants- gather food, protect, feeding the larva

More ANTZ! • Winged Male Ants exist solely to fertilize the queen

Natural Selection in Moths • Natural Selection- Is theory that the organisms that are best adapted for their environment will survive VS.

Peppered Moth • Light colored moths were popular in the early 1800’s in England. • Pollution Made the Trees Dark + =

Epic tale of the peppered moth • A dark moth appeared! • Soon the dark moths outnumbered the light moths!

Want to play? • Natural Selection In Action!