2007-01-10 15:42:29 · 17 answers · asked by Brad L 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
No.
'An' insect is 'an' animal.
2007-01-10 16:24:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Insects are non-vertebrates of phylum ARTHOPODA and is ofcourse animal.
There are well over 1 million different known species of insects in the world,
and some experts estimate that there might be as many as 10 million.
All these species are divided up into about 32 orders, depending on whose taxonomic system you use, of which, the largest is the Beetles, or Coleoptera, with 125 different families and around 500,000 species they are an incredibly diverse group of animals. In fact, one in every four animal species on this planet is a beetle.
2007-01-11 06:14:51 · answer #2 · answered by Biofav 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it is. Under taxonomy, it is classified under Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum Uniramia, Class Insecta/Hexapoda. By common definition, an animal is a multicellular organism that obtains nutrition by ingesting other organisms.
2007-01-13 00:31:06 · answer #3 · answered by naja 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Insects are animals and include beasts such as butterflies & moths, beetles, ants, wasps & bees. They all respire, can sense their environment, reproduce, digest food and excrete... thus having the features of animals.
They all have 6 legs so do not include spiders.
2007-01-11 05:37:56 · answer #4 · answered by Rozzy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes
2007-01-11 02:18:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
there are plants, there are animals! i'd put the insects with the animals!
2007-01-13 12:48:35 · answer #6 · answered by sally z 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the classification. cold blooded and warm blooded
I would say the difference between insect and animal is here but thats just me. there are a lot of variations on the classifications of life forms just depends on which one you like best.
2007-01-11 00:54:41 · answer #7 · answered by Northern Spriggan 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Technically, Yes.
2007-01-10 23:53:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes, insects are animals...they are in the animal kingdom and in the phylum arthropods (includes lobsters and spiders), subphylum hexapoda (meaning 6-feet), and class insecta.
2007-01-10 23:57:42 · answer #9 · answered by oni 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
is *an* insect *an* animal?
yes, it dosnt photosynthisize and turns shugars into water and co2 using oxegen
2007-01-10 23:50:13 · answer #10 · answered by Chris the Dude 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋