Insects

Learn why some insects are bad. Insects can be pests in agriculture or in your house. They transmit diseases and give nasty bites or stings.

Butterflies and moth are very similar and belong to the same insect order: Lepidoptera. Learn more about these beautiful insects.

The order Coleoptera are the beetles. Their hard shield-like front wings meet in a straight line on their back and are not used for flying.

Insects in the order Diptera are the true flies. They have only one pair of wings. House flies and mosquitos belong to this order.

Learn about insects. How do they look? How are they different from spiders? How do they grow? Learn about insect anatomy and metamorphosis.

Learn why some insects are good. Insects can produce useful products such as honey. Insects are needed as pollinators of agricultural crops.

Hemiptera is an insect order which includes two important sub-orders: Heteroptera (bugs) and Homoptera (cicadas, aphids, etc.)

Insects in the order Heteroptera are the true bugs. Their front wings have a thickened basal portion while the tip is membranous.

The order Homoptera includes cicadas, hoppers, psyllids, whiteflies, aphids and scale insects. They have piercing-sucking mouthparts.

Learn about insect anatomy. What are names of insect body parts? Which is the thorax? Which is the abdomen? Do insect always have six legs?

Insect taxonomy is the study of the classification of insects. Find out how insects are classified in orders, families, genera and species.

A collection of English proverbs, sayings, metaphors and quotes about insects, spiders, scorpions and other small animals.

Use insect names to learn your ABC. From Ants, Butterflies and Crickets to the Zebra butterfly, Insects for every letter in the alphabet.

A simple insect classification key that helps to find out in which order an insect belongs. Pairs of questions lead you to the right answer.

The order Lepidoptera includes the butterflies and moths. Their wings are covered with scales and they have a coiled tongue.

First there is an egg, then a caterpillar, then a pupa, and finally an adult butterfly. Learn about the metamorphosis of butterflies.

A simulation model for insect population studies. This simulation looks at how natural enemies interact with a insect pest population.

The English vocabulary has several words, like nitpicker, that are related to insects. Here's a fun collection.

Simulation of Peppered Moth evolution. The peppered moth is darker in areas where tree bark is darker because of soot.

Pest Control Simulation. Develop a model to simulate the growth of an insect population and the effect of pesticides and natural enemies.

Simulation of the development of pesticide resistance in an insect population. Discover how quickly resistance can develop.

Introduction to an insect simulation model. How insect populations can be regulated by predators, parasitoids, and other mortality factors.

Find out how insects use sound and smell to send messages to each other. Sound and smell help them to find a partner.

The Butterfly Effect is a term used to describe how a small event can have big effects. This is the story of how a real butterfly changed my life

The order Thysanoptera are the thrips. These are very small insects with four narrow wings. Their mouthparts are of the sucking type.