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They are actually quite different! An insects wings are a fixed shape and have an ecto-skeleton (like bones) in the outside and look very much like a leaf. Often there are two pairs together which can over-lap. A birds wing has the bones on the inside and they are hollow. The feathers spread open to increase the surface area and aid in giving "lift". There really aren't many similarities at all.

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Birds and insects have several differences in the structure of their wings. This is because birds have more weight to support than insects.

Additionally, their evolution is different. Evolution works largely by modifying existing features. The wings of birds developed from the forelimbs of small two-legged dinosaurs analogous to our own arms of muscle and bone. The wings of insects are membranes of chitin, which is the main body covering of insects and their relatives.

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well.. this isn't easy to explain but really it helps them guild check the wiki if this doesn't help.

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It's the most efficient for flight, but there are many detail differences by species and flight mode.

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All birds have wings. Although they are both animals, they are only very very distantly related to insects. Birds are vertebrates whereas insects are invertebrates.

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Does the spider have wings?

No, since it is an Arachnid and not a Bird or an Insect.


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Analogous structures are features of two different species that are similar in how the function, but the structure of the two features is different. The wings of an insect and the wings of a bird are analogous structures.


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a bird has hollow bones and an incect has an exo skeleton on the outside of their body!


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Does every insect have 4 wings?

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Compare a bird wing to a butterfly wing What kind of structure does this pair represent?

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