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15 insect species and characteristics

Insects include butterflies, bees, grasshoppers, moths, beetles, flies, mosquitoes, mantis, dragonflies, fireflies and so on.

Butterflies are called "flying flowers" and are very beautiful insects.

Most butterflies are medium and large in size, with wings spread between 15-260 mm and two pairs of membranous wings. The body is long and cylindrical, and it is divided into three parts: head, chest and abdomen. The body and wing membrane are covered with scales and hair, forming stripes of various colors.

Bees are flying social insects. They are called resource insects. Body length is 8-20mm, tan or dark brown, with dense hair, the head is almost as wide as the chest, the waist is thinner than the chest and abdomen, the tentacles are knee-shaped, the compound eyes are oval, the mouthparts are chewing and sucking, the hind feet are powder-carrying feet, two pairs of membrane wings, the front wings are big and the rear wings are small, the front and rear wings are connected by wings, the abdomen is nearly oval, the body hair is less than the chest, and there are thorns at the abdomen.

Beetles grow from small to large, with hard body walls, hard front wings and keratinized wings. When they rest, they are in a straight line in the center of their backs. Their hind wings are membranous and usually stacked vertically and horizontally under COLEOPTERA. Both adults and larvae are chewing mouthparts, and the larvae are mostly few feet, with developed chest and feet and degraded abdomen and feet. Pupa falls off, and eggs are mostly round or spherical.