It's A Good Thing There Are Insects

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It's A Good Thing There Are Insects
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Sometimes we call them bugs. But their real name
is insects. All insects have six legs like a
grasshopper.
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Most insects, like flies, have wings.
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Some insects live in trees like cicadas,
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and some live in water like water beetles.
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Some insects, including most ants, make their
home in the ground.
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They have their own little town, where each ant
does its own kind of work.
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A caterpillar forms a shell, called a chrysalis,
around itself.
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In the chrysalis, the caterpillar changes into a
butterfly.
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This home for bees is called hive.
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Some insects are harmful to people. Mosquitoes
can bite you.
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Wasps can sting you.
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Locusts can eat a farmers crops.
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But insects are helpful to us in many ways. We
get silk from the cocoon of a silkworm.
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We get honey from bees.
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As bees fly from flower to flower, they carry
pollen to help the flowers grow.
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Some insects are pretty like this monarch
butterfly.
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Insects serve as food too. Many animals and birds
and fish and reptiles live by eating insects.
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But they leave the walking stick alone. They
think its a twig!
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Some insects glow in the dark like a firefly or a
lightning bug.
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Some insects make sounds like a cricket.
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So the next time you see a beetle
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or a lady bug, remember its a good thing
there are insects!