Shrimp look an awful lot like bugs. The exoskeletons, jointed legs and compound eyes of both groups of living things give ...

Insects are a class in the phylum Arthropoda, which also includes arachnids like spiders, myriapods like centipedes, and crustaceans like crawfish. Insects, along with all arthropods, have ...

Good bugs pollinate our food crops, enrich and fertilize the soil, eat our garbage and provide food for wildlife.

Examples of arthropods include insects, arachnids (spiders), and crustaceans. Insects and their relatives are not all bad actors. Most are crucial to a healthy environment and ecosystem. One example ...

image: Crustaceans harden their shells with calcium, while insects harden them with oxygen. These match what is abundant in their respective habitats. view more Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan University ...

As crustaceans evolved into insects, endites were largely lost. But in butterflies and moths, the gene for them got reactivated, providing caterpillars with their prolegs.