why does insects have wings?

Answer 1

it adds to the annoyance factor.

and...not all insects have wings, but the insects with wings are more annoying than normal creepy crawlies...ie. flies, mosquitos....as opposed to a millipede, they just crawl around, mosquitos try and eat you!

Answer 2

As Eddie said, not all insects have wings. Many don't - for example, ants and some beetles.

Those that do have wings use them to escape predators or find food. For example, bees use their wings to get to flowers for pollen. In doing so, they help to cross-pollinate flowers. Bees are actually an interesting case, since they also use their wings in a sort of dance that communicates to other bees about the location of food.

Wings can also be used to attract mates. This would be the case in butterflies - the prettier the male's wing (according to the female), the more likely he gets to mate.

Since wings generally are used for flying, you can also consider them as defense and attack mechanisms. Bees will swarm and sting a person if he invades their hive - so, wings are used to attack.

The wings really are remarkable. They're lightweight and made of chitin, a strong polymer that is only seen in arthropods. And they beat really fast. Wings are part of why insects have been so evolutionarily successful for so many millions of years!

Answer 3

Why DO insects have wings? Maybe you should pay more attention to your English class instead of your biology class.

Answer 4

this is why they are called insects since they are all under class insecta under phyllum arthropoda.
as for millipede, they are not insecta, they are under diplopoda sort of like that..

these are the characteristics of insects

* lack of musculature beyond the first segment of antenna.
* Johnston's organ in pedicel (second segment) of antenna. This organ is a collection of sensory cells that detect movement of the flagellum.
* a transverse bar forming the posterior tentorium inside the head
* tarsi subsegmented
* females with ovipositor formed by gonapophyses from segments 8 and 9
* annulated, terminal filament extending out from end of segment 11 of abdomen (subsequently lost in most groups of insects)

yes it is also true that not all insects have wings. take for example the stick insect.

Answer 5

not all insects have wings.

but insects with wings fly.

i just don't know if there are insects that have wings that can't fly.

Answer 6

So they can live in habitats and niches not open to the multitude of other insect species ( as well as other animals) that can't fly........

Answer 7

So they can fly after people- & bite them! :)