Insects make up over half of all living things on Earth and share some common characteristics like six legs and an egg-larva-adult life cycle. This document provides an overview of different types of invertebrates like beetles, ants, spiders and butterflies and recommends websites to learn more about bugs and their amazing world.

1. BUGS AND INSECTS, AN EXAMPLE OF INVERTEBRATES Insects are all around us. They make up more than half of all living things on the plane t.

4. They usually have wings

5. Their life cycle generally consists of these stages: egg, larva and adult (commonly known as metamorphosis)

6. beetles ladybirds ants spiders Bugs include

7. butterflies grasshoppers sc orpions & worms

8. Are you interested in the amazing world of bugs and insects? Do you want to know more? Then, surf on these websites: http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/what_invertebrates.html http://kids.nationalgeographic.com