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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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	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
	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)
	Bugs Big & Small God Made Them All by William Zinke from Master Books for Kindergarten-4th grade in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG) $13.59
	Butterflies - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Jan Sovak from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Insect Coloring Books (Location: COL-BUG) $4.99
	Butterfly Is Patient by Dianna Hutts Aston from Chronicle Books for Kindergarten-4th grade in Nature Study (Location: NAT-GEN) $16.99
	Butterfly Is Patient by Dianna Hutts Aston from Chronicle Books for Kindergarten-4th grade in Nature Study (Location: NAT-GEN) $7.99
	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)
	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)
	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)
	Exotic Butterflies and Moths - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Ruth Soffer from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Insect Coloring Books (Location: COL-BUG) $3.99
	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) $39.20
	Exploring Creation With Zoology 1 (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) $31.50
	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) $20.30
	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) $27.20
	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) $22.40
	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 Science (Old Versions only) (Location: OSCI-AEM) $21.00
	Exploring Creation With Zoology 3 - MP3 CD Audio Book Land Animals of the Sixth Day Young Explorer Series by Jeannie Fulbright from Apologia Educational Ministries for 3rd-6th grade in Apologia Young Explorer (Location: SCICUR-AEM) $24.00 $18.00 (1 in stock)
	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
	Grasshopper on the Road An I Can Read Book Level 2 by Arnold Lobel from HarperCollins for Preschool-3rd grade in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR) $5.99
	Hexapod Stories from Yesterday's Classics for 2nd-4th grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Hornets Incredible Insect Architects by Sandra Markle for 3rd-6th grade in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG) $5.50 (2 in stock)
	Housefly by Heiderose and Andreas Fischer-Nagel from Carolrhoda Books, Inc. for 3rd-5th grade in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	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)
	Janice VanCleave's Play and Find Out About Bugs by Janice VanCleave from John Wiley & Sons, Inc. for 3rd-7th grade in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG) $6.50 (1 in stock)
	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) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	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
	Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive Magic School Bus by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen from Scholastic Inc. for 1st-3rd grade in Magic School Bus (Location: SER-MSB) $8.99
	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) $36.00 (1 in stock)
	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)
	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
	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) $14.00 (1 in stock)
	Smithsonian Super Bug Encyclopedia The Biggest, Fastest, Deadliest Creepy-Crawlies on the Planet by John Woodward from DK Publishing for 3rd-6th grade in Oversized Science Books (Location: SCI-OVER) $12.50 (1 in stock)
	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)
	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) $14.00 (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) $4.00 (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 Mysteries & Marvels of Insect Life by Jennifer Owen from Usborne for 3rd-5th grade in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG) $1.80 (1 in stock)
	Who Lives in This Meadow? A Story of Animal Life by Glenn O. Blough, illustrated by Jeanne Bendick from Purple House Press for Preschool-3rd grade in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS) $12.99
	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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