Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Insects Don't Bug Me

Our little entomologists have been working very hard on their insect collections.  We have discovered that taxonomy, the process of classifying insects, is harder than we thought.

All living things fit into five KINGDOMS.
The animal kingdom is divided into 36 PHYLA (a phylum).
Each phylum has CLASSES.
Each class is made up of ORDERS.
Each order is made up of a number of FAMILIES.
Families are made up of GENERA (a genus).
Each genus is mad up of SPECIES.

Right now, we are just trying to identify the common name of each insect and it's order, but insects make up 3/4 of the animal population, so identification is a tough job.












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