Insects are more closely related to lobsters and shrimp than they are to spiders and millipedes, and genetic studies suggest that insects evolved from crustacea

Insects are more closely related to lobsters and shrimp than they are to spiders and millipedes, and genetic studies suggest that insects evolved from crustaceans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod#Classification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod#Classification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancrustacea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancrustacea