Insects stamp catalogue

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Insects are a class of arthropod animals. They are made up of a head, a thorax and an abdomen. They have six legs, a pair of antennae and compound eyes. More than a million species are known. More

Insects are a class of arthropod animals. They are made up of a head, a thorax and an abdomen. They have six legs, a pair of antennae and compound eyes. More than one million species are known, but the total number of species is expected to exceed six million. Insects are by far the largest group of animals on Earth. The class is divided into different orders, such as flies and mosquitoes, dragonflies, beetles, butterflies and the hymenoptera, which includes bees, wasps and ants. Many insects are considered harmful by the people, such as lice, fleas and cockroaches. But some species of grasshoppers, butterflies and beetles can also be a nuisance to humans. There are also beneficial insects, such as bumblebees, parasitic wasps and ladybugs. The best known is the honey bee, often depicted on postage stamps.

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View of Mosquito (1911)