Are insects animals?

Insects are not only animals, but also the largest number of animal groups on earth, and they are arthropods among invertebrates. As the largest number of animals, insects also have some very special existence, let's learn about it.

Special insects.

1. The largest insect-the royal moth

The royal moth distributed in Southeast Asia is the largest moth in the world, with a wing width of 400 square centimeters and a wingspan of up to 30 centimeters. Although its size is "huge", its life is only about one to two weeks. After adults mate quickly, the female lays eggs, consumes all the fat in the body, and then dies.

two。 The heaviest insect-rhinoceros tortoise

The heaviest insect in the world is the giant rhinoceros tortoise of tropical America, which can be up to 155 millimeters long from the head to the end of the abdomen and 100 millimeters wide, larger than the largest goose egg. It weighs about 100 grams, equivalent to the weight of two eggs. And it can be cultivated as an ornamental insect, usually feeding humus soil, melons and fruits and so on.

3. The smallest insect-egg wasp

The smallest and lightest insect in the world is an egg wasp of the family Hymenoptera, which is only 0.21mm long and weighs only 0.005 milligrams. If you convert it, 200000 is only 1 gram, and 10 million is as heavy as an egg.

Guangxi, which has the largest number of animals, insects and human beings on earth, is very close, and insects are also very important to human beings.