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Some useful insects
Insects help us in many ways.
Honey bees suck nectar from flowers and collect honey
in the beehive. We get honey from honey bees.
Honey bee sucking nectar
Butterflies and moths carry pollen from a flower
from one flower to the other and help
in pollination.
Did You
Butterfly carrying pollen Know? A butterfly goes through an wonderful transformation
before it becomes a butterfly. It begins its journey as a
small round egg. From the egg comes out a caterpillar,
which develops into a pupa. The pupa opens, and a fully
developed butterfly emerges.
Silkworms give us silk. Silk is obtained from cocoons of
silkworms and is used to make silk garments.
Ants mix and break down soil,
Silkwork in a cocoon allowing air and water to reach
plant roots.
Harmful Insects Ants mixing and breaking
the soil
Some insects are useful while some can be harmful to us.
Mosquitoes bite humans and suck blood, spreading
diseases such as malaria and dengue.
Mosquito sucking blood
Houseflies carry germs from garbage, and when they sit
on our food, they also contaminate it.
Houseflies on food
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