Insect Anatomy
... Adapted from http ://www.saxarts.com/resources/lessonPlans/bodaciousBugs.jsp Teacher Background: The shapes of insects are fascinating. There are many wonderful features about insects that give them their abilities in flight and survival. The body of an adult insect has 3 main parts - the head, the ...
... Adapted from http ://www.saxarts.com/resources/lessonPlans/bodaciousBugs.jsp Teacher Background: The shapes of insects are fascinating. There are many wonderful features about insects that give them their abilities in flight and survival. The body of an adult insect has 3 main parts - the head, the ...
Invertebrate Identification Guide
... • Slugs, snails and earthworms all need to keep their skin damp so that they can breathe. They are particularly active at night and when the ground is wet. • All three groups are a vital food source for many other animals, including birds, mammals and amphibians. Discover more about slugs and snails ...
... • Slugs, snails and earthworms all need to keep their skin damp so that they can breathe. They are particularly active at night and when the ground is wet. • All three groups are a vital food source for many other animals, including birds, mammals and amphibians. Discover more about slugs and snails ...
How Do Insects Survive - Granny`s Garden School
... A spider is an arachnid that has two body parts, the cephalothorax, and the abdomen. The exoskeleton is shed (molts) as the insect grows. They are invertebrates, which are animals that do not have a backbone (or other internal bones). The cephalothorax is a fused head and thorax and contains t ...
... A spider is an arachnid that has two body parts, the cephalothorax, and the abdomen. The exoskeleton is shed (molts) as the insect grows. They are invertebrates, which are animals that do not have a backbone (or other internal bones). The cephalothorax is a fused head and thorax and contains t ...
Biol 11 - Grasshopper Dissection Guide text (p. 334
... Grasshoppers develop through incomplete metamorphosis. The nymphs appear similar to the adults except that they lack wings and have incomplete reproductive organs. The number of instars (larval stages between molts) through which a grasshopper develops before reaching adulthood is fixed in some spec ...
... Grasshoppers develop through incomplete metamorphosis. The nymphs appear similar to the adults except that they lack wings and have incomplete reproductive organs. The number of instars (larval stages between molts) through which a grasshopper develops before reaching adulthood is fixed in some spec ...
Lec 05 - Body Segmentation
... adult stage. Number of wings varies from two pairs to none. Certain primitive insects like silver fish and spring tail have no wings (apterous). Ecto parasites like head louse, poultry louse and flea are secondarily wingless. Wings are deciduous in ants and termites. There is only one pair of wings ...
... adult stage. Number of wings varies from two pairs to none. Certain primitive insects like silver fish and spring tail have no wings (apterous). Ecto parasites like head louse, poultry louse and flea are secondarily wingless. Wings are deciduous in ants and termites. There is only one pair of wings ...
Insects Taxonomic
... abdomen, and a single claw on each leg. This differentiates them from the closely related stoneflies which have two tarsal claws. The flying stages are characterized by relatively large forewings, which are usually kept upright, and reduced or nonexistent hind wings. ...
... abdomen, and a single claw on each leg. This differentiates them from the closely related stoneflies which have two tarsal claws. The flying stages are characterized by relatively large forewings, which are usually kept upright, and reduced or nonexistent hind wings. ...
Insect taxonomic Diversity - Home
... insects that have elytra. This adaptation has enabled them to expand into many habitats such as leaf litter, logs and soil, that would otherwise damage the wings of less well protected insect groups. At first glance beetles may appear to have only 2 body segments because the elytra may cover most of ...
... insects that have elytra. This adaptation has enabled them to expand into many habitats such as leaf litter, logs and soil, that would otherwise damage the wings of less well protected insect groups. At first glance beetles may appear to have only 2 body segments because the elytra may cover most of ...
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... • The wings soon become stiff and the moth or butterfly is ready to fly off in search of a mate. ...
... • The wings soon become stiff and the moth or butterfly is ready to fly off in search of a mate. ...
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... - Commonly found in the soil, in plant, and animal tissues - Some species are herbivores, but most feed on dead organic matter or parasitize other animals, especially vertebrates, molluscs, and other arthropods. - These structures are reduced or absent in the more advanced suborders where the larvae ...
... - Commonly found in the soil, in plant, and animal tissues - Some species are herbivores, but most feed on dead organic matter or parasitize other animals, especially vertebrates, molluscs, and other arthropods. - These structures are reduced or absent in the more advanced suborders where the larvae ...
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... (Scarabaeidae), and fireflies (Lampyridae). adults of which are as small as 0.3 mm long, to the giant Goliath and Hercules beetles (Scarabaeidae), which can be well over 15 cm. ...
... (Scarabaeidae), and fireflies (Lampyridae). adults of which are as small as 0.3 mm long, to the giant Goliath and Hercules beetles (Scarabaeidae), which can be well over 15 cm. ...
Cricket (insect)
Crickets, family Gryllidae (also known as ""true crickets""), are insects related to grasshoppers. The Gryllidae have mainly cylindrical bodies, round heads and long antennae. Behind the head is a smooth, robust pronotum. The abdomen ends in a pair of long cerci (spikes); females have a long cylindrical ovipositor. The hind legs have enlarged femora (thighs), providing power for jumping. The front wings are adapted as tough, leathery elytra (wing covers) and it is by rubbing parts of these together that some crickets chirp. The hind wings are membranous and folded when not in use for flight; many species however are flightless. The largest members of the family are the bull crickets, Brachytrupes, which are up to 5 cm (2 in) long.There are more than 900 species of crickets; the Gryllidae are distributed all around the world except at latitudes 55° or higher, with the greatest diversity being in the tropics. They occur in varied habitats from grassland, bushes and forest to marshes, beaches and caves. Crickets are mainly nocturnal, and are best known for the loud persistent chirping song of males trying to attract females, although some species are mute. The singing species have good hearing, via the tympani (eardrums) on the tibiae of the front legs.Crickets appear as characters in literature. The Talking Cricket features in Carlo Collodi's 1883 children's book, The Adventures of Pinocchio, and in films based on the book. The eponymous insect is central to Charles Dickens's 1845 The Cricket on the Hearth, as is the chirping insect in George Selden's 1960 The Cricket in Times Square. Crickets are celebrated in poems by William Wordsworth, John Keats, and Du Fu. They are kept as pets in countries from China to Europe, sometimes for cricket fighting. Crickets are used as food in Southeast Asia, where they are sold deep-fried in markets as snacks. They are also used to feed carnivorous pets and zoo animals. In Brazilian folklore, crickets feature as omens of various events.