
Insect
Monarch Butterfly
The insect that migrates thousands of miles
Read the guideThe guide features 23 species in the insect class. Each profile answers the most-searched questions first.

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The insect that migrates thousands of miles
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The pollinator that powers much of the food we eat
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The spotted beetle gardeners love
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The tireless team-working insect
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The tiny insect with an outsized impact
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The fuzzy, hard-working pollinator of meadows and gardens
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The yellow-and-black predator and scavenger of summer
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The glowing beetle of warm summer nights
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The world's largest hornet
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The loud summer singer with a long underground youth
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The patient ambush predator with folded arms
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The colony-building recycler of dead wood
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The large beetle with antler-like jaws
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The familiar fly found wherever people live
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The strong beetle that rolls balls of dung
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The large, pale-green silk moth with long tails
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The agile aerial hunter of ponds and streams
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The wingless parasite famous for jumping
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The jumping insect of fields and meadows
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One of the strongest animals for its size
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The hardy survivor that lives almost anywhere
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The chirping insect of warm evenings
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The bold black-and-yellow social wasp
Read the guideThe Global Animal Guide currently features 23 insects with full, answer-first profiles covering diet, habitat, size, and conservation status.
Insects are animals in the insect class. Browse the full list below to explore each species in detail.