What Is an Insect Author:Robert Snedden Think of the sturdy cockroach or the elegant dragongly-they are both insects. Consider a caterpillar-it doesn't look anything like the butterfly it will become, but it too is an insect. The answer to the question What is an Insect? is not as simple as it seems. — So waht exactly is it what defines an insect? This book has the answer. IT explains ... more »what insects have in common with each other and what makes them different form other types of animals.« less