All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have three pairs of jointed legs, segmented bodies, an exoskeleton ...

But there are major differences between types of arthropods. Insects are the most diverse class of animals, but a few physical characteristics define all insects. Insects have a segmented body with 3 ...

The University of New Mexico's Museum of Southwestern Biology, Natural Heritage New Mexico, and the New Mexico BioPark ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 65, No. 2 (Jun., 1982), pp. 241-248 (8 pages) A list of 69 species of Hemiptera and Homoptera collected in northwest Florida salt marshes during a 15-month period is ...

Several 'creepy-crawlies' common in the garden are wrongly known as insects: centipedes, millipedes, woodlice, spiders, scorpions, harvestmen, ticks and mites are all from the family Arthropoda.

There are thousands of haiku about insects, spiders, and related arthropods. A new study reveals which kinds and which aspects of their biology are represented. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

Ecdysozoans include arthropods (such as insects and crabs), nematodes (roundworms), and smaller groups like kinorhynchs ("mud dragons") and priapulids ("penis worms"). Their central nervous ...

Insects benefit from the devastation caused by storms, according to a 20-year study by the Swiss <a target=_blank href= ...