Top 5 biggest group of insects

No insects, no agriculture. 

Entomology - study of insects.

There are not many people study in entomology, especially in Malaysia. 

And... my final year project is about entomology -.- It's so hard to find someone experienced to refer. 

Malaysia is a tropical country, naturally we will have diversity of insects (although some are introduced). However, insects are under-appreciated here. We don't even know our own insects. Insects contribute to the agrobiodiversity. Which is why biocontrol works well in Malaysia! Spraying pesticide won't really help, it's merely destroying our agrobiodiversity.

So... Let's talk about some simple entomology here. 

Plagarism strikes again :P

Wikipedia - Insects are a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body, three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae.

There are about 1 million species of insects described, they are the most dominant and diverse group of animal on Earth.

Cartoon of the day.

KINGDOM - ANIMALIA

PHYLUM - ARTHROPODA

CLASS - INSECTA

ORDER - ???

FAMILY - ???

GENUS - ???

SPECIES - ???

Thanks Linnaeus! For the binomial nomenclature.

Q: How many orders of insect are there? 

A: about 30. 

Let's count down the top 5 biggest order of insects here!

No. 5 Hemiptera (Hemi: Half   ptera: wing)       

(true bugs, cicadas, leaf hoppers, aphids)    

9% of total insect species!

 

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No. 4  Diptera (Di: two   ptera: wing)

(flies, mosquitoes, midges)

12% of total insect species!

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 No. 3 Hymenoptera 

(Hymeno: membrane   

Im sure you people know what's hymen   

ptera: wing)

(bees, wasp, hornet)

12.5% of total insect species!

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No. 2 Lepidoptera 

(Lepido: scale   ptera: wing)

15% of total insect species!

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And the curtain unveiled!

NO. 1 COLEOPTERA (COLEO: SHEATH   PTERA: WING)

(ALL THE BEETLESSSSSS!)

35% of total insect species!

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