What are insects?

Insects are tiny creatures with six legs, like little bugs that live all around us.

Imagine you have a favorite toy car, it has four wheels and goes vroom when you push it. Now think of an insect as a toy car that can move on its own, but instead of four wheels, it has six legs to walk with! Insects are like little walkers everywhere: in your garden, under your bed, or even on your sandwich.

Insects have bodies made of three parts: a head, a middle part called the thorax (like a chest), and an abdomen (like a tummy). They also usually have two wings, like little airplanes that help them fly. Some insects, like ants or beetles, don’t have wings but still move around with their six legs.

You might see them buzzing near your food, crawling on the floor, or hiding in leaves, they’re everywhere! Insects are not just fun to watch; some help us by pollinating flowers (like bees), and others clean up our world by eating trash. They're like tiny helpers that make life interesting!