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Insect Orders ARUN KUMAR K M I Ph.D. Agricultural Entomology UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru
Insects History of life on earth: 4 billion years But 99 % of the life forms met with extinction Insects appeared 350-400 million years ago Dinosaurs appeared 210 million years ago Human species appeared One million years ago
Entomology (Entomon = Insect; Logos = Study) is the branch of science that deals with the study of insects. The word insect is derived from insecare which means “to cut in to” Phylum- Arthropoda – Biggest phylum of animal kingdom