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Insects are invertebrates and are referred to as the class Insecta. Insects are six-legged animals with an exoskeleton (hard part is on the outside) and three main body sections (head, thorax, and abodmen). Most insects also have wings, though not all fly.

Insects are the most numerous and most widely-spread within the phylum Arthropoda, and are the most diverse group of animals on the earth, with around 925,000 species described—more than all other animal groups combined. They may be found in nearly all environments on the planet, although only a small number of species can live in the oceans where crustaceans tend to predominate. There are approximately 5,000 dragonfly species, 2,000 praying mantis, 20,000 grasshopper, 170,000 butterfly and moth, 120,000 fly, 82,000 true bug, 350,000 beetle, and 110,000 bee and ant species described to date. Estimates of the total number of current species, including those not yet known to science, range from two to thirty million, with most authorities favoring a figure midway between these extremes. The study of insects is called entomology.

Arachnids are a class (Arachnida) of joint-legged invertebrate animals. They may be easily distinguished from insects by the fact that they have eight legs whereas insects have six. Arachnids are further distinguished by the fact they have no antennae and no wings. They have a two-segmented body, made up of a cephalothorax and an abdomen, the cephalothorax being derived from the fusion of the cephalon (head) and the thorax. Arachnids are mostly carnivorous—many are venomous; others are parasites. Arachnids usually lay eggs, which hatch into immature adults.

Arachnids are chiefly terrestrial arthropods, comprising some 65,000 to 73,000 named species, including spiders, scorpions, harvestmen, ticks, and mites.

Arachnids are named after the mythological figure Arachne.

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	After the Sun Goes Down The Story of Animals at Night Nature Study Library by Glenn O. Blough, illustrated by Jeanne Bendick from Purple House Press for Kindergarten-2nd grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $12.99
	Animal Architects How Insects Build Their Amazing Homes by W. Wright Robinson from Blackbirch Press for 2nd-5th grade in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Ant Cities Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Stage 2 by Arthur Dorros from HarperCollins for Kindergarten-4th grade in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG) $5.99
	Backyard Nature - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Dot Barlowe from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Animal Habitat Coloring Books (Location: COL-HAB) $4.99
	Beetle Book by Steve Jenkins from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for Preschool-2nd grade in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG) $19.99
	Bombus Finds a Friend by Elsie Larson, illustrated by Elizabeth Haidle from Master Books for Kindergarten-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Book of Insects - Package from Memoria Press for 4th-7th grade in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG) $57.74
	Book of Insects - Student Text by Arabella Buckley & Julia McNair Wright from Memoria Press for 4th-7th grade in Memoria Press Science (Location: SCICUR-MP) $17.35
	Book of Insects - Student Text (old) by Arabella Buckley & Julia McNair Wright 1^st edition from Memoria Press for 4th-7th grade in Old Edition Science (Location: OSCI) $10.50 $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Book of Insects - Teacher Key by Laura Bateman from Memoria Press for 4th-7th grade in Memoria Press Science (Location: SCICUR-MP) $19.45 $13.00 (2 in stock)
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	Bug Dictionary An A to Z of Insects and Creepy Crawlies from Tangerine Books for 3rd-6th grade in Oversized Science Books (Location: SCI-OVER) $3.50 (1 in stock)
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	Caterpillars and Butterflies Usborne Beginners by Stephanie Turnbull from Usborne for Preschool-3rd grade in Usborne Beginners (Location: SCI-USBREA) $2.70 (1 in stock)
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	City Under the Back Steps by Evelyn Sibley Lampman from Purple House Press in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $14.99
	Creepy Crawlies and the Scientific Method More Than 100 Hands-On Science Experiments for Children by Sally Kneidel from Fulcrum Resources Science Curriculum for Kindergarten-6th grade in Clearance: Science & Health (Location: ZCLE-SCI) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Creepy, Crawly Caterpillars by Margery Facklam from Little, Brown & Company for Preschool-3rd Grade in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG) $2.50 (1 in stock)
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	DK Eyewitness Explorers: Insects by Steve Parker from DK Publishing for Preschool-3rd Grade in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG) $2.50 (1 in stock)
	DK Handbooks: Insects, Spiders and Other Terrestrial Arthropods by Randall Jarrell from DK Publishing for 3rd-Adult 1966 Newbery Honor Book in Field Guides & Nature Handbooks (Location: NAT-FIELD) $10.00 (1 in stock)
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	Exploring Creation With Zoology 1 Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day Young Explorer Series by Jeannie Fulbright 2^nd edition from Apologia Educational Ministries for 3rd-6th grade in Apologia Young Explorer (Location: SCICUR-AEM) $37.60
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	Exploring Creation With Zoology 1 - MP3 CD Audio Book Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day Young Explorer Series by Jeannie Fulbright from Apologia Educational Ministries for 3rd-6th grade in Apologia Young Explorer (Location: SCICUR-AEM) $24.00
	Exploring Creation With Zoology 1 - MP3 CD Audio Book (old) Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day Young Explorer Series by Jeannie Fulbright from Apologia Educational Ministries for 3rd-6th grade in Apologia Science (Old Versions only) (Location: OSCI-AEM) $23.20
	Exploring Creation With Zoology 1 - Notebooking Journal Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day Young Explorer Series by Jeannie Fulbright from Apologia Educational Ministries for 3rd-6th grade in Apologia Young Explorer (Location: SCICUR-AEM) $26.40
	Exploring Creation With Zoology 1 - Notebooking Journal (old) Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day Young Explorer Series by Jeannie Fulbright from Apologia Educational Ministries for 3rd-6th grade in Apologia Science (Old Versions only) (Location: OSCI-AEM) $25.60
	Exploring Creation With Zoology 2 - MP3 CD Audio Book Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day Young Explorer Series by Jeannie Fulbright from Apologia Educational Ministries for 3rd-6th grade in Apologia Young Explorer (Location: SCICUR-AEM) $24.00
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	Exploring Insects with Uncle Paul Copper Lodge Library by Jean Henri Fabre, edited by Stephanie B. Meter from Classical Conversations in Classical Conversations (Location: CUR-CC) $14.95
	Fabre's Book of Insects by Jean Henri Fabre from Dover Publications in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $11.95
	Forest Animals - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Diane Gaspas-Ettl from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Animal Habitat Coloring Books (Location: COL-HAB) $5.99
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	Hurry and the Monarch by Antoine O Flatharta, illustrated by Meilo So from Dragonfly Books for Kindergarten-2nd grade in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG) $4.00 (1 in stock)
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	Insect Life Eyes and No Eyes #6 by Arabella B. Buckley from Yesterday's Classics for 2nd-5th grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $15.95
	Insects - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Jan Sovak from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Insect Coloring Books (Location: COL-BUG) $4.99
	Insects Do the Strangest Things from Random House for 3rd-6th grade in Step Up Books (Location: VIN-STEP) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Jack's Insects: Narration & Nature Study Notebook by Karen Smith from Simply Charlotte Mason for 4th-6th grade in Nature Study (Location: NAT-GEN) $13.00 (1 in stock)
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	Junior Book of Insects Interesting Facts about the Lives and Habits of the Common Insects together with Simple Instructions for Collecting, Rearing, and Studying Them. by Edwin Way Teale 1962 Printing from E.P. Dutton & Co. for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America from Houghton Mifflin in Field Guides & Nature Handbooks (Location: NAT-FIELD) $25.00
	Life and Times of the Honeybee by Charles Micucci from Houghton Mifflin for Preschool-2nd grade in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG) $8.99
	Life Cycles of Butterflies From Egg to Maturity, a Visual Guide to 23 Common Garden Butterflies by Judy Burris, Wayne Richards from Storey Publishing for 3rd-6th grade in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG) $16.95
	Life of the Spider by J. H. Fabre from Purple House Press for 5th-8th grade in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG) $12.99 $6.00 (1 in stock)
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	Monarch Butterfly: Winging North & South by Marion W. Marcher; illustrated by Barbara Latham from Holiday House for 2nd-4th grade in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI) $28.80 (1 in stock)
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	National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects & Spiders North America by Lorus and Margery Milne Later Printing from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for 7th-Adult in Field Guides & Nature Handbooks (Location: NAT-FIELD) $25.95
	Nature's Clean-Up Crew: The Burying Beetles by Lorus J. Milne and Margery Milne from Dodd, Mead & Co. for 3rd-6th grade in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Outside and Inside Spiders by Sandra Markle from Atheneum for 2nd-4th grade in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG) $5.00 (2 in stock)
	Pacific Northwest Insects Timber Press Field Guides by Judy Haggard, Peter Haggard from Seattle Audubon Society for 7th-Adult in Field Guides & Nature Handbooks (Location: NAT-FIELD) $34.95
	Peterson First Guide to Butterflies and Moths by Paul A. Opler 2^nd edition from Houghton Mifflin for 5th-12th grade in Field Guides & Nature Handbooks (Location: NAT-FIELD) $7.95
	Peterson First Guide to Caterpillars of North America by Amy Bartlett Wright 2^nd edition from Houghton Mifflin for 1st-4th grade in Field Guides & Nature Handbooks (Location: NAT-FIELD) $7.95
	Peterson First Guide to Insects The concise field guide to 200 common insects of North America Peterson First Guide by Christopher Leahy 2^nd edition from Houghton Mifflin for 4th-8th grade in Field Guides & Nature Handbooks (Location: NAT-FIELD) $9.99
	Quick as a Wink by Dorothy Aldis, illustrated by Peggy Westphal from G.P. Putnam's Sons for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Sharing Nature with Children The Classic Parents' and Teachers' Nature Awareness Guidebook by Joseph Cornell from Dawn Publications for Adult in Nature Study (Location: NAT-GEN) $2.50 (1 in stock)
	Silkworms by Sylvia A. Johnson from Lerner Publishing Group for 4th-5th grade in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG) $4.00 (3 in stock)
	Small Creatures in My Garden by Christopher Reynolds 1966 First American Printing from Farrar, Straus and Giroux for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI) $11.20 (1 in stock)
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	Spider and the Fly by Tony DiTerlizzi; based on the story by Mary Howitt 1^st edition from Simon and Schuster for Kindergarten-3rd grade 2003 Caldecott Honor Book in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $18.99
	Spiders and Other Creepy-Crawlies A Question and Answer Book Wild, Wild World by Denny Robson, illustrated by James Field from Paragon Publishers for 2nd-4th grade in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Stronger Than Steel Spider Silk DNA and the Quest for Better Bulletproof Vests, Sutures, and Parachute Rope by Bridget Heos from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for 4th-7th grade in Genetics & Microscopic Life (Location: SCI-GEN) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Summer Walk by Virginia Brimhall Snow from Gibbs M. Smith for Preschool-3rd grade in Nature Study (Location: NAT-GEN) $16.99
	Travels of Monarch X by Ross E. Hutchins, illustrated by Jerome P. Connolly from Rand McNally for 2nd-5th grade in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI) $11.20 (1 in stock)
	True Book of Insects by Illa Podendorf, illustrated by Chauncey Maltman from Children's Press for 1st-3rd grade in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI) $3.20 (1 in stock)
	Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg from Houghton Mifflin for Preschool-3rd grade in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Usborne Lift-the-Flap Bugs by Judy Tatchell, illustrated by Justine Torode from Scholastic Inc. for Kindergarten-2nd grade in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG) $3.00 (1 in stock)
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	Web in the Grass by Berniece Freschet, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin from Charles Scribner's Sons for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI) $16.00 (1 in stock)
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	Wicked Bugs The Louse that Conquered Napoleon's Army & Other Diabolical Insects by Amy Stewart, illustrated by Briony Morrow-Cribbs from Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill for 3rd-6th grade in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG) $5.00 (1 in stock)

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