Insects

Learn about butterflies, ants, beetles, moths, flies and more. Click on the name of an insect to get to a more detailed profile and image of that creature. There is a section for Aquatic Insects.

Come join these four insects, Ladybugs, aphids, black swallowtail butterflies and green sweat bees, as they give a tour of your backyard.

This animal fact sheet from Canadian Geographic provides basic information on the monarch butterfly, including fast facts, physiology, habits/behaviour and range.

Hinterland's Who's Who provides a description of the Bumble Bee on this page. Be sure to check out all of the information linked on the tabs - Description, Habitat and habits, Range, Feeding, Breeding, Conservation and Resources - and view the video clips.

Hinterland's Who's Who provides a description of the monarch butterfly on this page. Be sure to check out all of the information linked on the tabs (Description, Habitat and Habits, Range, Feeding, Breeding, Conservation) and view the video clips.

Learn about some incredible characteristics that make insects adaptable, and find out how to identify different bugs.

A site where students can learn all about bugs!

Find out whether a honeybee, a tarantula hawk wasp, or a bullet ant has the most painful insect sting, and what each of their stings feel like.