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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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1001 Bugs to Spot
by Emma Helbrough
from Usborne
for Kindergarten-4th grade
All About Moths and Butterflies
All About Books #15
by Robert S. Lemmon
from Random House
for 3rd-6th grade
All About the Insect World
by Ferdinand C. Lane
from Random House
for 4th-6th grade
in Insects & Arachnids (Location: H8C-INS)
Ant Cities
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Stage 2
by Arthur Dorros
from HarperCollins
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Insects & Arachnids (Location: H8C-INS)
$5.99
Backyard Nature - Coloring Book
Dover Coloring Books
by Dot Barlowe
from Dover Publications
for 2nd-6th grade
in Dover Coloring Books (Location: R-DOVER)
$4.99
Best Book of Bugs
by Claire Llewellyn
from Scholastic Inc.
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Insects & Arachnids (Location: H8C-INS)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Big Book of Big Bugs
from Usborne
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Insects & Arachnids (Location: H8C-INS)
Book of Insects - Package
from Memoria Press
for 4th-7th grade
in Insects & Arachnids (Location: H8C-INS)
Book of Insects - Student Text
by Arabella Buckley & Julia McNair Wright
from Memoria Press
for 4th-7th grade
in Memoria Press Science (Location: H6B-SCI)
$14.95
Book of Insects - Teacher Key
by Laura Bateman
from Memoria Press
for 4th-7th grade
in Memoria Press Science (Location: H6B-SCI)
$16.95
Book of Insects - Workbook
by Laura Bateman
from Memoria Press
for 4th-7th grade
in Memoria Press Science (Location: H6B-SCI)
$14.95
Bugs
by DK Publishing
1st edition from DK Publishing
for 3rd-5th grade
in Insects & Arachnids (Location: H8C-INS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Bugs
Usborne Beginners
by Lucy Bowman
from Usborne
for 1st-2nd grade
in Usborne Beginners (Location: O3F)
Bugs Big & Small God Made Them All
by William Zinke
from Master Books
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Insects & Arachnids (Location: H8C-INS)
$14.99
Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!
DK Eyewitness Readers Level 2
by Jennifer Dussling
from DK Publishing
for 1st-3rd grade
in Insects & Arachnids (Location: H8C-INS)
Butterflies - Coloring Book
Dover Coloring Books
by Jan Sovak
from Dover Publications
for 2nd-6th grade
in Dover Coloring Books (Location: R-DOVER)
$4.99
Butterflies of the World
by Saverio Forestiero, Valerio Sbordoni
from Firefly Books
for 4th-Adult
in Insects & Arachnids (Location: H8C-INS)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Butterfly Is Patient
by Dianna Hutts Aston
from Chronicle Books
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Nature Study (Location: H7E-SCI)
$16.99
Caterpillars and Butterflies
Usborne Beginners
by Stephanie Turnbull
from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Usborne Beginners (Location: O3F)
Christian Liberty Nature Reader Book 1
by Florence Bass
2nd edition from Christian Liberty Press
for 1st grade
in CLP Phonics & Reading (Location: C5B-PHO)
$9.50
Christian Liberty Nature Reader Book 4
by Paul Lindstrom & Edward Shewan
2nd edition from Christian Liberty Press
for 4th grade
in CLP Phonics & Reading (Location: C5B-PHO)
$9.50 $6.00 (3 in stock)
City of the Bees DVD
from Moody Press
for 7th-12th grade
in Moody Science DVDs (Location: H)
Creepy Crawlies
Usborne First Nature
by Cathy Kilpatrick
from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Insects & Arachnids (Location: H8C-INS)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
DK Eyewitness: Butterfly & Moth
DK Eyewitness Series
by Paul Whalley
from DK Publishing
Science Reference for 4th-8th grade
in Insects & Arachnids (Location: H8C-INS)
$13.50
Double Trouble in Bugland
by William Kozwinkle
from David R. Godine
for 3rd-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$14.95
Draw 50 Creepy Crawlies
by Lee Ames
Reprint from Watson-Guptill
for 3rd-8th grade
in Draw 50 (Location: I)
$9.99
Du Iz Tak?
by Carson Ellis
from Candlewick Press
2017 Caldecott Honor Medal
in Picture Books (Location: O5B-PIC)
Exotic Butterflies and Moths - Coloring Book
Dover Coloring Books
by Ruth Soffer
from Dover Publications
for 2nd-6th grade
in Dover Coloring Books (Location: R-DOVER)
$3.99
Exploring Creation With Zoology 1
Young Explorer Series
by Jeannie Fulbright
from Apologia Educational Ministries
for 3rd-6th grade
in Apologia Young Explorer (Location: H1A-SCI)
$33.15 $28.00 (3 in stock)
Exploring Creation With Zoology 1 - MP3 CD Audio Book
Young Explorer Series
by Jeannie Fulbright
from Apologia Educational Ministries
for 3rd-6th grade
in Apologia Young Explorer (Location: H1A-SCI)
$24.65 $20.00 (2 in stock)
Exploring Creation With Zoology 1 - Notebooking Journal
Young Explorer Series
by Jeannie Fulbright
from Apologia Educational Ministries
for 3rd-6th grade
in Apologia Young Explorer (Location: H1A-SCI)
$22.95
Fabre's Book of Insects
by Jean Henri Fabre
from Dover Publications
in Insects & Arachnids (Location: H8C-INS)
$11.95
Forest Animals - Coloring Book
Dover Coloring Books
by Diane Gaspas-Ettl
from Dover Publications
for 2nd-6th grade
in Dover Coloring Books (Location: R-DOVER)
$4.99 $2.50 (1 in stock)
From Caterpillar to Butterfly
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out-Science Stage 1
by Deborah Heiligman
from HarperCollins
Non-fiction for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Insects & Arachnids (Location: H8C-INS)
$6.99
Garden Friends
DK Readers Pre-Level 1
from DK Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in DK Readers (Location: O4C-EAR)
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: O5B-EAR)
$3.99
How to Hide a Butterfly
by Ruth Heller
from Grosset & Dunlap
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Insects & Arachnids (Location: H8C-INS)
Insect Life
Eyes and No Eyes #6
by Arabella B. Buckley
from Yesterday's Classics
for 2nd-5th grade
in Yesterday's Classics (Location: L5A-FIC)
$11.95
Insects - Coloring Book
Dover Coloring Books
by Jan Sovak
from Dover Publications
for 2nd-6th grade
in Dover Coloring Books (Location: R-DOVER)
$4.99
Insects Do the Strangest Things
from Random House
for 3rd-6th grade
Insects of the Pacific Northwest
Timber Press Field Guides
by Judy Haggard, Peter Haggard
from Timber Press, Inc.
for 7th-Adult
in Field Guides & Nature Handbooks (Location: P5D)
$24.95
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: H8C-INS)
$6.50 (1 in stock)
Ladybug and Other Insects
Scholastic First Discovery Books
from Scholastic Inc.
for Preschool-1st grade
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Let's Look at Some Insects
by Ella Bruce
from Medici Books For Children
for 4th-6th grade
in Insects & Arachnids (Location: H8C-INS)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Life and Times of the Honeybee
by Charles Micucci
from Houghton Mifflin
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Insects & Arachnids (Location: H8C-INS)
$7.99
Life Cycles of Butterflies
by Judy Burris, Wayne Richards
from Storey Publishing
for 3rd-6th grade
in Insects & Arachnids (Location: H8C-INS)
$15.00
Life of the Spider
by J. H. Fabre
from Echo Library
for 5th-8th grade
in Yesterday's Classics (Location: L5A-FIC)
Little Butterflies Stained Glass Coloring - Activity Book
Clr from Dover Publications
in Dover Little Activity Books (Location: Q)
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: LFIC)
National Audubon Society Field Guide to Butterflies
by Robert Michael Pyle
Chanticleer Press ed from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
for 7th-Adult
in Field Guides & Nature Handbooks (Location: P5D)
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