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Megan Kopp

Crabtree Publishing Company

www.crabtreebooks.com

Published in Canada

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of Crabtree Publishing Company. In Canada: We acknowledge the nancial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our

publishing activities.

Author

Megan Kopp

Publishing plan research and development

Reagan Miller

Editor

Shirley Duke

Proofreader and indexer

Crystal Sikkens

Design

Samara Parent

Photo research

Tammy McGarr

Prepress technician

Tammy McGarr

Print and production coordinator

Margaret Amy Salter

Photographs

Thinkstock: Cover (girl); TOC; pgs 16, 17 21

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

K opp, Megan, author

How do insects move? / Megan Kopp.

(Insects close-up)

Includes index.

Issued in print and electronic formats.

ISBN 978-0-7787-1970-0 (bound).--ISBN 978-0-7787-1974-8 (pbk.).--

ISBN 978-1-4271-9036-9 (pdf).--ISBN 978-1-4271-9032-1 (html)

1. Insects--Physiology--Juvenile literature. I. Title.

QL467.2.K672 2015 j595.7 C2014-907829-3

C2014-907830-7

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kopp, Megan, author.

How do insects move? / Megan Kopp.

pages cm. -- (Insects close-up)

Includes index.

ISBN 978-0-7787-1970-0 (reinforced library binding) -- ISBN 978-0-7787-1974-

8 (pbk.) -- ISBN 978-1-4271-9036-9 (electronic pdf) -- ISBN 978-1-4271-9032-1

(electronic html)

1. Animal locomotion--Juvenile literature. 2. Insects--Anatomy--Juvenile litera -

ture. 3. Insects--Behavior--Juvenile literature. I. Title.

QP301.K629 2015

595.7157--dc23

2014045635

Printed in Canada/042015/BF20150203

Synchred Read-Along Version by:

Triangle Interactive LLC

PO Box 573

Prior Lake, MN 55372

ISBN-13: 978-1-68444-573-8 (e-book)

Contents

What are insects? 4

Why do insects move? 6

Built on purpose 8

Winged wonders 10

Crawling critters 12

Digging in dirt 14

Getting a jump on life 16

Walking on water 18

Swimming champs 20

On the move! 22

Learning more 23

Words to know and Index 24

What are insects?

Insects are animals without

backbones. They have a

hard, shell-like skeleton

that covers the outside of

their body. This is called an

exoskeleton . An insects

body is made up of three

parts. There is a head at

one end, a thorax in the

middle, and an abdomen

at the other end.

head

thorax

abdomen

Sharing the same parts

All insects have six legs that bend

where they meet at the joint . Their

legs come in many shapes and

sizes. Insect legs are built for how

the insect moves. Insects also

have two antennae on their heads.

Antennae are sometimes called feelers.

Almost all insects have four wings.

Grasshoppers are

built for jumping.

Butteries use their

antennae for smelling.

Some legs

match an

insects body.

antennae

wings

legs

Why do insects move?

All living things move. Some

living things can move on

their own. Insects move in

many ways. Crickets hop.

Bumblebees y. Caterpillars

crawl. Do you run or walk

away if a baseball is coming

right at you? When you are

excited, do you jump up and

down or stand still? Like

people, insects move for

many different reasons.

Many insects move

to avoid being eaten.

On the move!

Insects move to explore their environment . They move

to look for food, shelter, or to nd a mate. Sometimes

insects move to keep from being eaten by predators .

Insects also move to communicate with other insects.

Insects, such as these wasps,

move to build their homes.

Built on purpose

Great diving beetle

An insects body is

built for how it moves.

Grasshoppers have

long legs with powerful

muscles for jumping.

Water beetles use their

legs to row in water. Stiff

hairs on their legs help

them swim.

Grasshoppers can

jump quickly to

avoid predators.

stiff hairs on

back legs

Most insects have four

wings . How do you think

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