The 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 this phylum (Nichols). Insects are the largest of this phylum and make up the
             largest class of all organisms and are recognized by taxonomist to have nearly one million
             recognized species. It is estimated that their are over ten million species still undiscovered.
             Because of this the insect orders are thought to be the least well known. Most of which are
             beetles and insects in tropical areas. Insects are part of 28 living orders which all have three
             body sections, head, thorax, abdomen and six legs and a pair of antenas. They are split in to
             two groups, Apterygota and Pterygota, Pterygota can fly while the more primitive Apterygota
             Insects are all over the world, from the Tropics to the Tundras. They extremely diverse.
             While the order Grylloblattodea order of the Orthopteroid Orders thrives in cold icy places, the
             Mecoptera Order of the Hemipteroid Orders does best in the tropical areas of the world. Every
             Class is different and includes many kinds of insects. So here is the major 23 Orders. Order
             Microcoryphia, which include, Bristletails are part of the subclass Apterygota. Bristletails are
             jumping insects with long antennae, that are wingless, with very large eyes, a biting mouth, and
             three very fine tails. They live among stones or in woods and grass, and feed mostly on algae.
             Order Zygentoma is also part of the subclass Apterygota and include Silverfish, and fibrebrats.
             Silverfish are wingless, with small eyes, a che...

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