Research Project: Class Insecta Insects are invertebrates in the class Insecta from the phylum arthopoda. Arthropods include more than 850,000 species and form by far the largest phylum in the animal kingdom, exceeding in number all the other Phyla combined. The characteristic tough exoskeleton and jointed limbs are superimposed in a segmental body plan that reflects the evolution of arthropods from ancestors of the annelid worm. Insects, arachnids, myriapods and crustaceans are the major groups in …
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…and the speed of their breeding makes them so very sucessful. Their breeding rate may also turn into a curse since we are destroying their homes in the rainforest, and the may not live long enough to see a new place for them to live. Insects are not only the giver of honey and silk, but the protector of all of our crops and they are too important for us to let die. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**