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Our common insects a popular account of the insects of our fields forests gardens and houses is a classic insect guide that mainly consists of a reprint of a series of essays which appeared in the american naturalist vols i v 1867 71. Our common insects a popular account of the insects of our fields forests gardens and houses paperback july 6 2010 by a s alpheus spring packard author 5 ratings see all formats and editions. Insects class insecta have segmented bodies jointed legs and external skeletons insects are distinguished from other arthropods by their body which is divided into three major regions 1 the head which bears the mouthparts eyes and a pair of antennae 2 the three segmented thorax which usually has three pairs of legs in adults and usually one or two pairs of wings and 3 the . There are more than a million different species of insects on the planet it is estimated that there are nearly 6 10 million number of extant species of insects over 90 of all life forms on the planet are actually insects insects are commonly found in any and all environments from underwater to the land