In what ways are all insects alike?

All insects must have: * three body parts - a head, thorax, and abdomen * six jointed legs * two antennae to sense the world around them * an exoskeleton (outside skeleton)

95% of all the animal species on the earth are insects

Over one million species have been discovered by scientists, and they think that there might be ten times that many that haven't been named yet!

No one really knows why insect like light. Most scientists think that bright lights confuse the insects' guidance systems so they can't fly straight any more.

Insects breathe through holes in the sides of their bodies gotten from: http://www.stuffnthingz.com/bugblog.asp