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Within the insect world, there are many orders of insects, and within each order are many species. Here are a few representatives of some of the most commonly-known insect families.
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The grasshopper is a grass and foliage eater who lives all over the world. This insect's ability to jump very high-in some cases as much as 10 times his body length-helps him to escape danger.
The African dung beetle lives in dry, scrubby regions of Africa and feeds on the dung of large mammals.
The butterfly may not seem like an insect, but if you look carefully, you will see that it does have all the required body parts: six legs, antennae, and a head, abdomen and thorax. It's just that the butterfly seems to be all wings!
The walking stick can also be found in North America, Europe and Asia, where some of them are enormous--more than a foot long!
Honeybees can be found all over the world. This domestic honeybee lives in North America.
One hive of bees can fly almost two million miles in one summer, visit more than a billion flowers, and make more than a hundred pounds of honey!
The female mosquito finds its prey by using its feathery antennae to sense the heat of warm-blooded animals.
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