there ain't no bugs on me there ain't no bugs on me but there ain't no bugs on me oh
hey everyone i'm justin uh i'm trying to think of the words of this song that's been stuck in
my head all day but i can't remember them and it's really bugging me it's really bugging me bugging
me hey i have an idea let's talk about bugs today welcome to today's episode of tell me about
insects
i'm sure you've seen insects before unless you live on mars or the moon insects can be found
just about everywhere on earth and they've been around for ages and ages even before the dinosaurs
there are so so many different kinds of insects in fact there are more insects than there are
any other kind of animal insects include uh bees flies ants ladybugs butterflies spiders
wait hold on no no no no spiders are not insects and in a few minutes we'll find out why because
we're gonna figure out what makes an insect an insect all insects have three body parts the head
the middle part called the thorax and the end part called the abdomen
look we have our three body parts here head thorax and abdomen besides three body parts all insects
also have six legs and all six of those legs come from the middle part of the insect the thorax
look at this interesting creature this is a millipede
creatures like centipedes and millipedes can have hundreds of legs so would you say that a millipede
is an insect you just said no you're correct because insects have how many legs yes six
that's look at that that's a spider let's uh let's cut the spider's legs one two
three four five six seven eight spiders aren't insects
right they have eight legs and how many legs do insects have six yes that's right
you know what else all insects have i'll give you a hint they're two long things
that come out of their heads they wiggle and they move around whoa look at those antennae
all insects have two antennae coming out of their heads it's an interesting word isn't
it when there's just one of them we pronounce it antenna but when there's two or more we say
antenny or some people just call them feelers but they do a lot more than just feel things
insects use their antennae to explore the world in many ways like to smell or to taste things
now let's talk about something that all insects don't have first take your hands and feel that
long bone going down your back that's called your backbone it's also called your spine insects
don't have a backbone and you know how you have a whole bunch of other bones in your body like
leg bones arms bones ribs finger bones all sorts of bones all over in your body well that's six
don't have any of that they don't have any bones at all instead of a lot of bones or a skeleton
on the inside of their body all insects have a hard covering on the outside of their body
it's called an exoskeleton hmm what else do all insects have oh i know uh here's a hint can you
guess that's right insects have wings as a matter of fact just about every insect has four wings
most insects at least some insects like fleas or most of the ants you see don't but most of them do
also like an insect's legs the insect's wings can be found on its middle part or its thorax
all insects lay eggs they don't look like big chicken eggs no insect eggs are tiny
sometimes when an insect hatches out of the tiny egg it'll come out looking just
like the adult insect it'll still grow bigger but the way it looks won't change very much
this is a baby praying mantis look how cute it is when this little guy grows up
he's gonna look pretty much the same as he does now only bigger oh there we go now that's a face a
praying mantis has two big eyes on either side of its head and some more eyes in the middle it can
see really well which comes in handy when it goes out hunting yes that's right the praying mantis is
a hunter and it eats other insects it can even feed on tiny lizards frogs and mice it uses its
antennae to smell and find its food unlike praying mantises which come out of their tiny eggs as tiny
praying mantises butterflies don't look like tiny butterflies when they come out of their tiny eggs
no butterflies hatch from their eggs as a caterpillar the caterpillar will eat and eat
and eat and then you know what it does it'll eat some more caterpillars are eating machines
as the caterpillar grows bigger it'll shed its skin and become a pupa then it'll form a hard
casing around itself that's called a chrysalis inside the chrysalis the pupa will grow six legs
two antennae and a set of wings and then it'll open up and now comes a butterfly amazing
you know what else are amazing ants ants are really strong creatures do you think you're
strong when you lift up some heavy books or a chair or your little sister well get this
an ant can lift up to 50 times its own body weight that would be like if you lifted not one but two
fully sized cows don't try this at home
you've probably seen ants in a group well ants live in large groups called colonies
these colonies work together to find food and they do a great job at helping each other out
and like i said before most ants don't have wings but the queens and the highest ranking males in
the colony do have wings what's that sound mean what time i can't hear you that's right
it's joke time all right i got a good one for you it's kind of long but sit with me all right
so there was once a man who had a pet centipede one morning he said centipede could you please
go outside and get me my mail so the centipede leaves and the man waits
hours go by he's waiting and waiting and waiting it's getting dark outside now
and finally the centipede comes back with the mail and the man yells what you're getting the
mail now what took you so long and they said if he says sorry i had to put on all my shoes
now now don't forget if the centipede was an insect we'd only have to put on six shoes
so maybe that guy should get a pet bumblebee or something speaking of bees let's talk about these
amazing insects there are lots of different types of bees and many of them are a huge
help in the garden see these bees here that flower is called a squash blossom
those bees are going to help that blossom turn into a delicious squash that you can eat
besides spreading pollen around which helps plants grow bees also eat garden pests and some bees make
honey which is sweet and yummy you know honeybees actually communicate to each other
by dancing yeah it's their way of letting the other bees know where the tastiest flowers are
i think it's really fun to explore and discover new things about the insects
that i see outside sometimes i'll just grab a small notebook and a pen and draw pictures of
the insects i see i'll draw their three body parts their antennae the wings and six legs
you know you can learn a lot just by looking and observing oh and if your insect has more than six
legs or no legs at all then you know it's not an insect and just some other type of creature
oh my gosh i just remember the words of the song there ain't no bugs on me
there ain't no bugs on me there may be bugs on some of your mugs but there ain't no bugs on me
yeah thanks so much for buzzing on bye i really enjoyed our time
together i'll see you again soon and in the meantime remember to always be
clever