Butterflies are universally loved as symbols of life and beauty and are frequently with sunshine,flower and the countryside.Butterflies are beautiful, flying insects with large scaly wings.Their body is covered by tiny sensory hairs.The four wings and the six legs of the butterfly are attached to the thorax.

	Moth,the any of a large number of mainly night-flying insects closely related to butterflies. Their wings are covered with microscopic scales. Most moths have a long sucking mouthpart (proboscis) for feeding on the nectar of flowers, but some have no functional mouthparts and rely instead upon stores of fat and other reserves built up during the caterpillar stage. At least 100,000 different species of moth are known.

	The front pair of wings in beetles are very hard and are used for protection, not for flying. Some beetles use their back wings for flying, but they are generally clumsy in the air. The body size and antennae vary greatly between species, but most beetles have large eyes and chewing mouthparts. Their larvae are called grubs, and while they vary in size, shape and colour, they all have biting mouthparts.

	Dragonfly, any insect of the order Odonata, which also includes the damselfly. Members of this order are generally large predatory insects and characteristically have chewing mouthparts and four membranous,net-veined wings; they undergo complete metamorphosis. Species are found throughout the world except in the polar regions; the greatest variety occurs in the tropics. Dragonflies, which are commonly called horse stingers and devil's darning needles, are strong fliers with elongated bodies; they rest with their wings outstretched. Damselflies are smaller, with slender, often brilliantly colored, bodies and rest with their wings folded back. Both lay eggs on or near water.

	Flies differ from other insects because they have only one set of wings -- the front pair. The hind pair of wings have evolved into small knobby balance organs, called halteres -- consequently the true flies are excellent fliers. Most flies have large eyes and mouthparts that can pierce, lap or suck. Antennae length varies depending on species. The young develop from eggs into maggots before becoming pupae and then adults.

	Hymenopterathat comprises over 100,000 species, including the bees, wasps, and ants. Representatives may be social or solitary, free or parasitic.They are insects with two pairs of wings, the forewings and hindwings being interlocked by means of hooklets.The wing venation is often reduced and the hindwings are usually smaller. The abdomen is usually constricted forming a 'waist'.

	The different species of true bugs have so many different characteristics that it is almost impossible to give an adequate general description for the group -- in fact, the only thing members of this order have in common are their piercing/sucking mouthparts. One suborder, Heteroptera, is distinguished by the forewing which is hard and leathery at the top and soft and membraneous at the tip -- when their wings are folded together over their bodies, the insects appear to have a crosslike marking on their backs.

	Orthoptera have long, strong legs which they use for jumping. They have two sets of wings, but the front set is hardened and used for protection as well as for flying. (Males also use their legs and the rough parts of their wings to make the characteristic cricket "chirruping" noise.) They have large eyes and large chewing mouthparts, and the size of antennae varies depending on the species.

	Any of a vast group of small invertebrate animals with hard, segmented bodies, three pairs of jointed legs, and, usually, two pairs of wings; they belong among the arthropods and are distributed throughout the world. An insect's body is divided into three segments: head, thorax, and abdomen. On the head is a pair of feelers, or antennae. The legs and wings are attached to the thorax, or middle segment of the body. The abdomen, or end segment of the body, is where food is digested and excreted and where the reproductive organs are located.

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