Learn more about insects

Insects are the biggest group of animals in the world. There are about 1,000,000 known animal species. More than 800,000 of these are insects.

Insects can be dirty and scary. They can also be beautiful, like butterflies.

Hong Kong is home to many interesting species of insect, as you will know if you ever go to the countryside. We should even respect cockroaches. They can live nearly anywhere.

Here are some websites about insects.

Unusual pets - Here are the Top 10 unusual pets in America. Many are insects!!!
http://petplace.netscape.com/Articles/artShow.asp?artID=3175

This boy loves butterflies but he's nicer than Greg Arkin!
http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/jackhulland/projects/butterflies/index.html

All About Butterflies http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterflies/toc.shtml
This site has lots of information about butterflies. You can see their life cycle.

Learn more about insects and other animals in Hong Kong from WWF
http://www.wwf.org.hk/eng/

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