Insect World - We Study The World

About Insect World

Insect World is the site's main home for insect taxonomy, anatomy, life cycles, behavior, ecological roles, and diversity. It explores major groups while connecting insects with plants, freshwater habitats, agriculture, forests, and food webs.

Visual learning: These pages use real Wikimedia Commons insect photographs.

**Monarch Butterfly**Butterflies are insects with scaled wings and complete metamorphosis.

**Honey Bee**Honey bees are social insects and important pollinators.

**Dragonfly**Dragonflies are fast aerial predators whose young live in water.

What Is an Insect?

Six legs, three body regions, exoskeletons, antennae, wings, and incredible diversity.

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Butterflies & Moths

Scaled wings, caterpillars, metamorphosis, migration, camouflage, and pollination.

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Bees, Wasps & Ants

Pollination, colonies, nests, queens, workers, stingers, and social behavior.

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Beetles

Hard wing covers, incredible diversity, lady beetles, weevils, scarabs, and decomposers.

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Dragonflies & Damselflies

Aquatic nymphs, aerial hunting, compound eyes, wings, ponds, and ancient ancestry.

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Grasshoppers & Crickets

Jumping legs, sound, swarms, camouflage, plant feeding, and communication.

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Flies & Mosquitoes

True flies, two wings, pollinators, decomposers, mosquitoes, disease ecology, and mimicry.

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Metamorphosis

Eggs, larvae, nymphs, pupae, molting, complete metamorphosis, and life-cycle strategies.

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Pollinators

Bees, butterflies, moths, flies, beetles, flowers, crops, and pollination networks.

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Insect Facts

Amazing facts about flight, senses, strength, colonies, camouflage, bioluminescence, and diversity.

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Games

Play and learn with educational games.

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