are insect animals
Animals can be divided broadly into vertebrates and invertebrates. Vertebrates have a backbone or spine (vertebral column), and amount to less than five percent of all described animal species. They include fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. The remaining animals are the invertebrates, which lack a backbone. Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia (also called Metazoa). The animal kingdom emerged as a clade within Apoikozoa as the sister group to the choanoflagellates. Animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and independently at some point in their lives. However, primitive animals... I believe you are actually asking if an insect is an animal. The answer to that question emphatically is yes! To be classified in Kingdom Animalia, the organism must be multicellular, and it must be heterotrophic. It relies on other organisms for a source of food. Quick Answer. Insects are classified as animals. Organisms on Earth fall into one of two categories: plants or animals. The animal kingdom is quite diverse and includes arthropods, which is a family comprised primarily of insects. Continue Reading. Insects are the largest group in the animal kingdom. Scientists estimate there are over 1 million insect species on the planet, living in every conceivable environment from volcanoes to glaciers. Here is an example of how an insect, the monarch butterfly, is classified: 1  Kingdom Animalia – the animal kingdom. 2  Phylum Arthropoda - arthropods. 3  Class Insects - insects.  Order Lepidoptera – butterflies and 1  moths. Family Nymphalidae – brush-footed butterflies.  Genus 1  Danaus. Species plexippus. Insects are animals. There are lots of different kinds of worms, but they’re all animals and none are insects. And that’s despite the fact that the “worm” in your apple is probably an insect larva (and so not really a worm). Codling moth, Apple maggot. Yes, insects are animals, and so are worms. However, there is a problem with the term 'worm'. In scientific language, the term 'worm' is obsolete. Nowadays, the categorization of species is based on their evolutionary (phylogenetic) relatedness. Insects are arthropods. All animals in the phylum Arthropoda have exoskeletons, segmented bodies, and at least three pairs of legs. Other classes that belong to the phylum Arthropoda include: Arachnida (spiders), Diplopoda (millipedes) and Chilopoda (centipedes). Animals & Nature. Insects (Insecta) are the most diverse of all animal groups. There are more species of insects than there are species of all other animals combined. Their numbers are nothing short of remarkable—both in terms of how many individual insects there are, as well as how many species of insects there are.
Yes, insect are animals.