Parts of insects The Integument Cuticle Exoskeleton
... Physical properties of cuticle: External ...
... Physical properties of cuticle: External ...
Activities for Emergence of a Dragonfly
... very brief on-screen introductory text. The running time is six minutes. This lesson has been designed for the science curriculum in British Columbia. Along with tying in many of the general skills and processes of science such as observing, inferring or hypothesizing common to all levels, this film ...
... very brief on-screen introductory text. The running time is six minutes. This lesson has been designed for the science curriculum in British Columbia. Along with tying in many of the general skills and processes of science such as observing, inferring or hypothesizing common to all levels, this film ...
Training of Trainers Module on The Monitoring of ODONATA
... enables them to lay their eggs within the tissues of aquatic plants. With other Anisoptera that do not have ovipositor, the eggs are laid directly in water. A few days to a few weeks after laying, the egg hatches and frees a shrouded larva called a pro-larva (phase 1). After a few minutes, the pro-l ...
... enables them to lay their eggs within the tissues of aquatic plants. With other Anisoptera that do not have ovipositor, the eggs are laid directly in water. A few days to a few weeks after laying, the egg hatches and frees a shrouded larva called a pro-larva (phase 1). After a few minutes, the pro-l ...
LADYBUG OPEN RESPONSE ONLINE
... common garden pests. Aphids are tiny insects that attack plants growing on farms, in small towns, and even in large cities. These insects are often greenand usually form clusters on apple trees, tomatoes, rose bushes, American elms, and many other plants. They cling to the leaves, stems, or flowers ...
... common garden pests. Aphids are tiny insects that attack plants growing on farms, in small towns, and even in large cities. These insects are often greenand usually form clusters on apple trees, tomatoes, rose bushes, American elms, and many other plants. They cling to the leaves, stems, or flowers ...
Drain Flies (Moth Flies or Filter Flies)
... mall flies in the home can be a common problem. Scientifically, the word “fly” refers to insects in the order Diptera, which typically have only one pair of wings. Instead of a second pair of wings these insects have threadlike, knobbed structures called halteres. The Diptera have complete metamorph ...
... mall flies in the home can be a common problem. Scientifically, the word “fly” refers to insects in the order Diptera, which typically have only one pair of wings. Instead of a second pair of wings these insects have threadlike, knobbed structures called halteres. The Diptera have complete metamorph ...
Getting Bugged in Arizona!
... they are caterpillars, they will molt and get bigger, so an “upgrade” to a larger container may be necessary. If the captive insects normally crawl about on the ground hunting for food, a more spacious cage where a mini-habitat can be created is desirable. Usually some clean soil or sand, a small sh ...
... they are caterpillars, they will molt and get bigger, so an “upgrade” to a larger container may be necessary. If the captive insects normally crawl about on the ground hunting for food, a more spacious cage where a mini-habitat can be created is desirable. Usually some clean soil or sand, a small sh ...
The Lepidoptera Families and Associated Orders of British Columbia
... Megaloptera: from the Greek megalo = large, to fold, and ptera = wings. Medium to large, soft-bodied insects. The head is prognathous, with mandibulate mouthparts. The antennae are slender, multisegmented, and filiform, moniliform, serrate, pectinate or flaballate. The head may or may not have ocell ...
... Megaloptera: from the Greek megalo = large, to fold, and ptera = wings. Medium to large, soft-bodied insects. The head is prognathous, with mandibulate mouthparts. The antennae are slender, multisegmented, and filiform, moniliform, serrate, pectinate or flaballate. The head may or may not have ocell ...
SOLE Sciences of Life Explorations
... Aphid - a small, soft-bodied insect that feeds by sucking sap from plants Chrysalis - The cocoon of a butterfly Cocoon - the silky case spun by the larva; it serves as a covering while the larvae develop Complete metamorphosis - the life cycle of some insects; they change from eggs through the stage ...
... Aphid - a small, soft-bodied insect that feeds by sucking sap from plants Chrysalis - The cocoon of a butterfly Cocoon - the silky case spun by the larva; it serves as a covering while the larvae develop Complete metamorphosis - the life cycle of some insects; they change from eggs through the stage ...
Metamorphosis
... Aphid - a small, soft-bodied insect that feeds by sucking sap from plants Chrysalis - The cocoon of a butterfly Cocoon - the silky case spun by the larva; it serves as a covering while the larvae develop Complete metamorphosis - the life cycle of some insects; they change from eggs through the stage ...
... Aphid - a small, soft-bodied insect that feeds by sucking sap from plants Chrysalis - The cocoon of a butterfly Cocoon - the silky case spun by the larva; it serves as a covering while the larvae develop Complete metamorphosis - the life cycle of some insects; they change from eggs through the stage ...
Labia minor - eweb.furman.edu
... determine caste in male and female nymphs; they can develop into any caste. - Wings are similar in size (iso-ptera) in the reproductives (the caste with wings) - soft-bodied except for the king and queen. Reproductives leave a colony in a mating swarm – pairing to establish new colonies. After the ‘ ...
... determine caste in male and female nymphs; they can develop into any caste. - Wings are similar in size (iso-ptera) in the reproductives (the caste with wings) - soft-bodied except for the king and queen. Reproductives leave a colony in a mating swarm – pairing to establish new colonies. After the ‘ ...
Insect Discovery in a Dichotomous Key
... 4b. Has 3 pair of legs, but no wings, and no springy legs..............Immature insect 5a. With only a single pair of wings; the second pair of wings modified into a pair of knob-like organs known as halteres (flies) ..................................................Diptera 5b. With two pair of wing ...
... 4b. Has 3 pair of legs, but no wings, and no springy legs..............Immature insect 5a. With only a single pair of wings; the second pair of wings modified into a pair of knob-like organs known as halteres (flies) ..................................................Diptera 5b. With two pair of wing ...
chapter 3 basics of entomology
... purposes. Wing surfaces are covered with fine hairs or scales, or they may be bare. Note that the names of many insect orders end in “-ptera,” which comes from the Greek word meaning “with wings.” Thus, each of these names denotes some feature of the wings. Hemiptera means half-winged; Hymenoptera m ...
... purposes. Wing surfaces are covered with fine hairs or scales, or they may be bare. Note that the names of many insect orders end in “-ptera,” which comes from the Greek word meaning “with wings.” Thus, each of these names denotes some feature of the wings. Hemiptera means half-winged; Hymenoptera m ...
Spiders and Insects - University of Bath
... rather like a worm. Eventually these larvae wrap themselves up in a cocoon and some time later the adult insect emerges. The feeding habits of insects and spiders are often very different too. All spiders spin silk and their main reason for doing so is to make webs to catch their prey. Some insects ...
... rather like a worm. Eventually these larvae wrap themselves up in a cocoon and some time later the adult insect emerges. The feeding habits of insects and spiders are often very different too. All spiders spin silk and their main reason for doing so is to make webs to catch their prey. Some insects ...
Biology - Mrs. Alyssa Walser
... Class Insecta contains more species than any other group of animals. The number of living orders varies from 26 to more than 30 because biologists cannot agree on how to classify them. Insects have a body divided into three parts—head, thorax, and abdomen. Three pairs of legs are attached to the tho ...
... Class Insecta contains more species than any other group of animals. The number of living orders varies from 26 to more than 30 because biologists cannot agree on how to classify them. Insects have a body divided into three parts—head, thorax, and abdomen. Three pairs of legs are attached to the tho ...
Ladybugs are a symbol of good luck and serve as nature`s pest
... of! It is believed the ladybugs eat thousands of these tiny creatures in their lifetimes. Even when in the larval stage, ladybugs dine on aphids and other garden pests. As adults, ladybugs have features that enable them to find prey; they have wings to fly, six legs to climb and antennae to s ...
... of! It is believed the ladybugs eat thousands of these tiny creatures in their lifetimes. Even when in the larval stage, ladybugs dine on aphids and other garden pests. As adults, ladybugs have features that enable them to find prey; they have wings to fly, six legs to climb and antennae to s ...
Dragonflies have been the subject of many tales and myths By
... located inside the abdomen. The tiny creature will expand and contract its abdomen to move water over its gills and squeeze the water out rapidly for movement. The majority of the dragonfly’s life is spent in the larval stage in the water. It will molt many times during this time and development var ...
... located inside the abdomen. The tiny creature will expand and contract its abdomen to move water over its gills and squeeze the water out rapidly for movement. The majority of the dragonfly’s life is spent in the larval stage in the water. It will molt many times during this time and development var ...
Tax Syllabus
... Membrane of hemelytra with numerous marginal cells. 30. Family Tingidae (lace bugs) http://tolweb.org/Tingidae/10874 Body and wings with reticulate sculpturing (giving it a “lacey” look). 31. Family Aradidae (flat bugs) http://www.tolweb.org/Aradidae/10943 Small, dark, very flat, oval. Wings narrow, ...
... Membrane of hemelytra with numerous marginal cells. 30. Family Tingidae (lace bugs) http://tolweb.org/Tingidae/10874 Body and wings with reticulate sculpturing (giving it a “lacey” look). 31. Family Aradidae (flat bugs) http://www.tolweb.org/Aradidae/10943 Small, dark, very flat, oval. Wings narrow, ...
Hemiptera -- Suborder Heteroptera
... The Heteroptera include a diverse assemblage of insects that have become adapted to a broad range of habitats -- terrestrial, aquatic and semi-aquatic. Terrestrial species are often associated with plants. They feed in vascular tissues or on the nutrients stored within seeds. Other species live as s ...
... The Heteroptera include a diverse assemblage of insects that have become adapted to a broad range of habitats -- terrestrial, aquatic and semi-aquatic. Terrestrial species are often associated with plants. They feed in vascular tissues or on the nutrients stored within seeds. Other species live as s ...
Stick Insects Stick Insects
... Stick insects have six, long, flexible legs. They have a head shaped like a triangle. Stick insects breathe through holes called spiracles. They have two pairs of wings. Stick insects have two pairs of antennae. They have an ovipositor. Stick insects have a thorax which is a little bit bigger than t ...
... Stick insects have six, long, flexible legs. They have a head shaped like a triangle. Stick insects breathe through holes called spiracles. They have two pairs of wings. Stick insects have two pairs of antennae. They have an ovipositor. Stick insects have a thorax which is a little bit bigger than t ...
Document
... Insects are coelomate meaning they have body captivity they are tribloblastic meaning they have an ectoderm layer, mesoderm layer, and endoderm layer. It displays cephalization and this is when the head becomes the most complex structure on the insect They are protostomes meaning their mouth develop ...
... Insects are coelomate meaning they have body captivity they are tribloblastic meaning they have an ectoderm layer, mesoderm layer, and endoderm layer. It displays cephalization and this is when the head becomes the most complex structure on the insect They are protostomes meaning their mouth develop ...
No late collections will be accepted
... credit points will be given for each extra order, up to 25 extra credit points. • The grade for your collection will be considered a ...
... credit points will be given for each extra order, up to 25 extra credit points. • The grade for your collection will be considered a ...
School of Biological Sciences
... insect classification and distribution will be covered. This will enable individuals of all categories of learning to correctly place insects of all kinds in the right, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species. Each insect is given a scientific name, this is referred to as binomial nomenclatu ...
... insect classification and distribution will be covered. This will enable individuals of all categories of learning to correctly place insects of all kinds in the right, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species. Each insect is given a scientific name, this is referred to as binomial nomenclatu ...
The Life and Times of a Dragonfly
... Dragonflies belong to an order of insects know as the Odonata (meaning ‘toothed jaws’) and in Britain they are classified into 2 sub-orders: ...
... Dragonflies belong to an order of insects know as the Odonata (meaning ‘toothed jaws’) and in Britain they are classified into 2 sub-orders: ...
Microbats - information about microbats
... ground. Some microbats can hover to catch crawling insects or spiders and some have developed more unusual diets. A ghost bat (in Northern Australia) eats frogs and lizards and we have a fishing bat! It has long claws to catch small fish near the surface of water. Microbats live in roosts that vary ...
... ground. Some microbats can hover to catch crawling insects or spiders and some have developed more unusual diets. A ghost bat (in Northern Australia) eats frogs and lizards and we have a fishing bat! It has long claws to catch small fish near the surface of water. Microbats live in roosts that vary ...
External morphology of Lepidoptera
The external morphology of Lepidoptera is the physiological structure of the bodies of insects belonging to the order Lepidoptera, also known as butterflies and moths. Lepidoptera are distinguished from other orders by the presence of scales on the external parts of the body and appendages, especially the wings. Butterflies and moths vary in size from microlepidoptera only a few millimetres long, to a wingspan of many inches such as the Atlas moth. Comprising over 160,000 described species, the Lepidoptera possess variations of the basic body structure which has evolved to gain advantages in adaptation and distribution.Lepidopterans undergo complete metamorphosis, going through a four-stage life cycle: egg; larva or caterpillar; pupa or chrysalis; and imago (plural: imagines) / adult. The larvae – caterpillars – have a toughened (sclerotised) head capsule, chewing mouthparts, and a soft body, that may have hair-like or other projections, 3 pairs of true legs, and up to 5 pairs of prolegs. Most caterpillars are herbivores, but a few are carnivores (some eat ants, aphids or other caterpillars) or detritivores. Larvae are the feeding and growing stages and periodically undergo hormone-induced ecdysis, developing further with each instar, until they undergo the final larval–pupal moult. The larvae of many lepidopteran species will either make a spun casing of silk called a cocoon and pupate inside it, or will pupate in a cell under the ground. In many butterflies, the pupa is suspended from a cremaster and is called a chrysalis.The adult body has a hardened exoskeleton, except for the abdomen which is less sclerotised. The head is shaped like a capsule with appendages arising from it. Adult mouthparts include a prominent proboscis formed from maxillary galeae, and are adapted for sucking nectar. Some species do not feed as adults, and may have reduced mouthparts, while others have them modified for piercing and suck blood or fruit juices. Mandibles are absent in all except the Micropterigidae which have chewing mouthparts. Adult Lepidoptera have two immobile, multi-faceted compound eyes, and only two simple eyes or ocelli, which may be reduced. The three segments of the thorax are fused together. Antennae are prominent and besides the faculty of smell, act as olfactory radar, and also aid navigation, orientation and balance during flight. In moths, males frequently have more feathery antennae than females, for detecting the female pheromones at a distance. There are two pairs of membranous wings which arise from the mesothoracic (middle) and metathoracic (third) segments; they are usually completely covered by minute scales. The two wings on each side act as one by virtue of wing-locking mechanisms. In some groups, the females are flightless and have reduced wings. The abdomen has ten segments connected with movable inter-segmental membranes. The last segments of the abdomen form the external genitalia. The genitalia are complex and provide the basis for family identification and species discrimination.The wings, head parts of thorax and abdomen of Lepidoptera are covered with minute scales, from which feature the order 'Lepidoptera' derives its names, the word ""lepidos"" in Ancient Greek meaning 'scale'. Most scales are lamellar (blade-like) and attached with a pedicel, while other forms may be hair-like or specialised as secondary sexual characteristics. The lumen, or surface of the lamella, has a complex structure. It gives colour either due to the pigments contained within it or through its three-dimensional structure. Scales provide a number of functions, which include insulation, thermoregulation and aiding gliding flight, amongst others, the most important of which is the large diversity of vivid or indistinct patterns they provide which help the organism protect itself by camouflage, mimicry, and to seek mates.