Insects don’t have bones or a backbone like us. They’re called invertebrates. That means they have a hard exoskeleton, or shell, on the outside of their bodies that protects them.
All insects have three parts: the head, the thorax, and the abdomen.
Insects have two antennae. They also have six legs.
Spiders are not insects. Spiders have eight legs. They belong to the arachnid family.
All insects hatch from eggs. The babies are called larva.
All insects go through the same life cycle. Life begins as an egg. The egg hatches and larva emerge. Larvae usually look nothing like the adult insect. The larvae enter a pupa, chrysalis or cocoon. An adult insect emerges from the pupa.