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Insects of North Africa (3 C, 73 P) R. Insects of Réunion (1 C, 6 P) S. Insects of Southeast Asia (12 C, 110 P) Insects of Southern Africa (12 C, 16 P) W.
Insects — by country. Note: where an insect is found in a large number of countries on a continent, they are not categorized by each country — see/use: Category: Insects by continent . This is a container category .
Lepidoptera are among the most successful groups of insects. They are found on all continents, except Antarctica . Lepidoptera inhabit all terrestrial habitats ranging from desert to rainforest, from lowland grasslands to montane plateaus but almost always associated with higher plants, especially angiosperms ( flowering plants ). [ 1 ]
Insects of North America (14 C, 269 P) Insects of Oceania (16 C, 11 P) Insects of South America (13 C, 132 P) O. Insect orders by continent (9 C) This page was last ...
Lists of insects by location (8 C, 14 P) O. Insect orders by location (12 C) P. Palearctic insects (1 C, 115 P)
The glaciations that occurred during the glacial period covered many areas of the Northern Hemisphere. Northern hemisphere glaciation during the last ice ages. The setup of 3 to 4 kilometer thick ice sheets caused a sea level lowering of about 120 m. The Arctic is a region around the North Pole (90° latitude). Its climate is characterized by ...
With only 950,000 known non-insects, if the actual total number of insects is 5.5 million, they may represent over 80% of the total, and with only about 20,000 new species of all organisms being described each year, most insect species likely will remain undescribed, unless species descriptions greatly increase in rate.
Insects that survive subfreezing temperatures are generally classified as freeze-avoidant or freeze-tolerant. The general strategy adopted by insects differs between the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. In temperate regions of the northern hemisphere where cold temperatures are expected seasonally and are usually for long ...