Insect

Key Stage 1

An animal without a backbone and with 6 jointed legs.

There are many different types of insect. These are just some of the types:

All of these creatures have 6 jointed legs as adults.

There are many different types of fly.	A butterfly is an insect.	A moth is a nocturnal insect.

There are over 10,000 different kinds of beetle.	Stick insects have evolved to look like sticks to hide from predators.	Ants live in big groups called a 'colony'.

Wasps are insects that sting to defend their nest.	Not all bees make honey or live in hives. Most types of bee live on their own.	An aphid is a 'pest' that damages plants.

An insect is an invertebrate with 6 jointed legs.

All adult insects have 6 legs.

Eggs	Larva	Pupa	Adult

Insects lay eggs.	The eggs hatch and a larva comes out. This larva is called a caterpillar.	The larva makes a pupa where the larva can change into the adult.	The adult insect hatches from the pupa. In this case the adult is a butterfly.