AnimalsHow to recognise an invertebrate
- No backbone or inner skeleton of bone
- Many have an outer shell or hard casing
- Insects have six legs, spiders and scorpions eight
- Most are small, but a few, like some squid and octopuses, grow large
Invertebrates on this site
- Common octopusInvertebrate
- Common starfishInvertebrate
- EarthwormInvertebrate
- Garden antInvertebrate
- Garden snailInvertebrate
- House spiderInvertebrate
- Indian red scorpionInvertebrate
- Monarch butterflyInvertebrate
- Moon jellyfishInvertebrate
- Seven-spot ladybirdInvertebrate
- Western honey beeInvertebrate
- Yellow fever mosquitoInvertebrate
Sorted by scientific order
Within the group, scientists place animals in orders. Animals in one order share a common ancestor.
- Hymenoptera: garden ant, Western honey bee
- Octopoda: common octopus
- Forcipulatida: common starfish
- Crassiclitellata: earthworm
- Stylommatophora: garden snail
- Araneae: house spider
- Scorpiones: Indian red scorpion
- Lepidoptera: monarch butterfly
- Semaeostomeae: moon jellyfish
- Coleoptera: seven-spot ladybird
- Diptera: yellow fever mosquito
What they eat
- Herbivores: earthworm, garden snail, monarch butterfly, Western honey bee
- Carnivores: common octopus, common starfish, house spider, Indian red scorpion, moon jellyfish, seven-spot ladybird
- Omnivores: garden ant, yellow fever mosquito
Other groups: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish.