Insects are arthropods: invertebrate animals with exoskeletons and segmented bodies.
Arthropods were among the earliest animals to come about, evolving in the ocean between 500-600 million years ago, during the Cambrian period. Selective pressures caused previously soft-bodied animals to develop a hard outer shell to protect them from predators and the harsh marine environment. Arthropods became one of the dominant sea creatures of the time, and many became super-predators that hunted our ancestors, the fish.
Eventually arthropods made the transition from the sea to the land, and that's when the first insects came about (most arthropods previously had more than six legs). The oldest definitive insect fossil is the Devonian Rhyniognatha hirsti, dated at 396 to 407 millionyears ago, but its mandibles are of a type found only in winged insects, which suggests that the earliest insects appeared in the Silurian period.
The Mazon Creek lagerstätten from the Late Carboniferous, about 300 million years ago, include about 200 species, some gigantic by modern standards, and indicate that insects had occupied their main modern ecological niches as herbivores, detritivores and insectivores. Social termites and ants first appear in the Early Cretaceous, and advanced social bees have been found in Late Cretaceous rocks but did not become abundant until the Mid Cenozoic
No, there are no worms in chocolate milk. Chocolate milk is made from milk, cocoa, sugar, and sometimes other flavorings or additives, but it does not contain worms.
A group of worms is commonly referred to as a "cluster" or "bunch."
The number of worms that can be put in one container depends on its size and the type of worms. Generally, you can house a dozen or more small composting worms in a gallon-sized container, while larger fishing worms may require more space. It's important to provide adequate space, ventilation, and food for the worms' well-being.
Worms can be killed by environmental factors such as extreme heat or cold, predators like birds or mammals, pesticides, and diseases. Improper handling or environmental conditions can also harm worms.
Some worms are carnivorous, such as predatory marine worms that feed on small organisms like plankton. However, the majority of worms are detritivores, feeding on decomposing organic matter in soil or other environments.
The general consensus among evolutionists is that fish evolved from segmented worms.
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arthropods (insects ect.)
All bugs are evolved from these ancient worms that lived underwater. These worms were segmented, and as they evolved these segments were split into different sections to form parts like a head, thorax, and abdomen, or in millipedes the segments stayed kinda similar. Weird.
Kingdom Animalia is said to have evolved over a billion years ago. The first fossil findings of kingdom Animalia are triploplastic worms.
Fish evolved to eat whatever was available and nourishing in their environment. During flood events paddocks/fields are often under water and worms come up looking for air. Worms, as a very good source of protein and roughage are easy prey for the fish who are looking for food and are gobbled up with great gusto.
Modern nation states arose with fiefdoms and kingdoms, five to ten thousand years ago. Worms evolved much earlier in earth's history, about half a billion years ago. Worms quickly spread to virtually every land mass. Worms predate humans by hundreds of millions of years. So to answer this question whichever country formed first would have been the first country with worms. A decent argument could be made for Ethiopia being the world's oldest existing nation.
Leeches are annelids believed to have evolved from certain Oligochaeta. Oligochaeta is a subclass of animals made up of mostly types of worms. Leeches are hermaphrodites who reproduce using reciprocal fertilization.
Meal-worms are actually beetle grubs - NOT worms.
round worms are round and flat worms are flat!
silk worms are tiny worms hanging from silk on a tree