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Molly Aloian

Molly Aloian

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Author

Molly Aloian

Publishing plan research and development

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Editorial director

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Editor

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Aloian, Molly, author

How are insects helpful? / Molly Aloian.

(Insects close-up)

Includes index.

Issued in and electronic formats.

ISBN 978-0-7787-1269-5 (bound).--ISBN 978-0-7787-1281-7 (pbk.).--

ISBN 978-1-4271-9363-6 (pdf).--ISBN 978-1-4271-8959-2 (html)

1. Insects--Juvenile literature. 2. Edible insects--Juvenile

literature. 3. Insects--Ecology--Juvenile literature. I. Title.

QL467.2.A56 2013 j595.7 C2013-904035-8

C2013-904036-6

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Aloian, Molly.

How are insects helpful? / Molly Aloian.

p. cm. -- (Insects close-up)

Includes Index.

ISBN 978-0-7787-1269-5 (reinforced library binding) -- ISBN 978-0-7787-

1281-7 (pbk.) -- ISBN 978-1-4271-9363-6 (electronic pdf) -- ISBN 978-1-4271-

8959-2 (electronic html)

1. Beneficial insects--Juvenile literature. I. Title. II. Series: Aloian, Molly.

Insects close-up.

SF517.A56 2013

595.7--dc23

2013023436

Synchred Read-Along Version by:

Triangle Interactive LLC

PO Box 573

Prior Lake, MN 55372

ISBN-13: 978-1-68444-562-2 (e-book)

Contents

What is an insect? ...............4

Insects are important ...........6

Food for other animals .........8

Eating pests ....................... 10

Clean-up crews .................. 12

Spreading pollen ................ 14

Making honey

and beeswax ................... 16

Making silk ......................... 18

Dirt diggers ........................ 20

Make a buzz! ..................... 22

Learning more ................... 23

Words to know

and Index ........................ 24

What is an insect?

An insect is a kind of animal called an invertebrate .

An invertebrate is an animal that does not have a

backbone . Insects belong to a big group of

invertebrates called arthropods .

All insects have six legs and

three main body sections.

Many insects also have wings.

What do you

t

h

i

n

k

The wasp on

the right is an

insect. How

can you tell?

?

Awesome armor

Instead of a backbone, an

insect has a hard covering

over its body called an

exoskeleton . An exoskeleton

protects the insects body and

helps to keep it dry.

beetle

cockroach

exoskeleton

Insects are important

The Venus flytrap

is a kind of plant

that eats insects.

Insects are important

to many living things.

Insects help plants,

animals, and people.

Insects are food for

many other animals,

and even some plants!

Without insects, these

animals and plants

would not be able

to survive.

We need insects

Many plants also need insects

to help them make seeds. Seeds

grow into new plants. Insects provide

people with items such as honey and

silk . Keep reading to find out other ways

insects are important to

the planet.

More than half of all the animals on Earth are insects.

Think about how different the world would be without them!

moth

praying mantis

grasshopper

honeybee

Food for other animals

All animals must eat

to stay alive. Insects

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