Defining Cultural Competence. More than thirty years ago, the term âcultural competenceâ was not yet coined. Similar terms of âcultural awareness,â âcultural diversity,â âculturally appropriate,â. âdiversity awareness,â and others were found in the literature. In todayâs field of health.
Insects also probably have the largest biomass of the terrestrial animals. At any time, it is estimated that there are some 10 quintillion (thatâs 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 for those who like actual numbers) individual insects alive. In the United States, the number of described species is approximately 91,000. The undescribed species of insects in the United States, however, is estimated at some 73,000.
Other large families of insects include butterflies and moths (more than 100,000 species), bees and wasps (more than 20,000 species), and ants (about 10,000 species). With over 30,000 known species, spiders, which are not insects, constitute one of the large families of other kinds of arthropods.