Insects live everywhere except in oceans. A baby insect
comes from an egg. The body of the insect is divided into
three parts – the head, the thorax and the abdomen and
in the middle part, the insect has three pair of legs.
The insect has compound eyes. Insects fly.
Some insects eat away people’s cloth, books and carpets. Some eat plants. Some eat both plants at one stage and animals at another stage. The size of the insects varies – some are as small as microscopic and a few are as big as a mouse. |
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| Mostly Insects live alone. But a few like – Ant, Honeybees and the Termites live in colony. In a group; there are three classes - the head - the queen, defenders and labourers . But the Termites have – the queen, the male, defenders and the labourers . | ||||||||||
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| Ants live underground or in loose moulds. Their home contains tunnels and galleries. | ||||||||||
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Honeybees live in hives. They have some peculiar behaviour. In summer they fan the entrance of the hive. They dance to indicate where the honey is available. Termites live mostly in Africa. They build very strong and nearly 6 meters tall moulds. |
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