impacts of arthropods
impacts of arthropods
Impacts of arthropods on human
- They serve as foo
- Human catch and sell arthropods as a sources of income
- They are important for biological research
- They are import in biological control
- They are used for ornamental purposes (decoration)
- 65% of all plant species are pollinated by arthropods
- Some produce sub, that are useful to us e.g. honey eaten as food and used as medicine
- Improve on soil fertility e.g. termites during beetles (clean ecosystem)
Harmful effects of arthropods on humans
- Some arthropods are very poisonous o humans
- Many destroy our food crops (weevils, termites)
- Some destroy our furniture and house equipment e.g. cloth
- They compete with humans for food
- They are diseases vectors that is spread diseases e.g. mosquitoes house fly, tsetse fly.
