Insects belong to a group of animals called arthropods.
Arthropods have jointed legs and a hard body wall. Some animals that belong to the arthropod group are shrimps, spiders, crabs, lobsters and insects. Due to the cricket s sensitivity to temperature, it will chirp more often in hot weather than cold. Count the number of chirps made by a cricket in a minute. Subtract 40 from the number found in step 1.