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44 Cards in this Set
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hemolytic |
Type of venom that produces death of tissues and skin surrounding the bite |
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Extremely venomous spider found in Australia |
Funnelweb |
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The stage of complete metamorphosis in which the organism is enclosed within a protective capsule |
Pupa |
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Nicknamed "living fossils" |
Horseshoe crab |
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Name for the simple eyes in an arthropod |
Ocelli |
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These arthropods are the number two disease vector in the world |
Ticks |
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Crayfish have these large pincers used in defense and capturing food |
Chelipeds |
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These arthropods are the number one disease vector in the world |
Mosquito |
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Crustacean organs which regulate salt balance |
Antennal glands |
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The outermost layer of the exoskeleton; serves as a barrier to microorganisms and pesticides |
Epicuticle |
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The imitation of a noxious species (having a bad taste, odor, or poisonous properties) by a palatable one |
Mimcry |
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This crab has the largest leg span of any arthropod |
Japanese spider crab |
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Type of flies which carry African sleeping sickness |
Tsetse |
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Specialized body regions modified for specific purposes |
Tagmata |
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The study of insects |
entomology |
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A chronic, disabling disease caused by a bacterium and carried by the deer tick |
Lyme disease |
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Disease carried by Anopheles mosquitos infecting hundreds of millions of people each year and causing millions of deaths |
Malaria |
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Slow-moving, herbivorous animal that may roll into a coil when disturbed and have two pairs of legs on each trunk segment |
Millipede |
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Carnivorous, agile hunter that kill their prey with their venom claws and have one pair of legs on each trunk segment |
Centipede |
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Type of venom that acts on the nervous system |
Nuerotoxin |
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Brown spider which bears a violin-shaped dorsal stripe on their cephalothorax |
Brown recluse |
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The ability of an animal to avoid observation or detection by other animals through camouflage in its shape or coloration |
Crypsis |
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Insects which carry the plaque |
Fleas |
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This arachnid is commonly known as a daddy longlegs |
Harvestman |
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The wingless, worm-like stage of an arthropod during complete metamorphosis |
Larva |
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Process in which baby spiders can move through the air by releasing one or more silk threads to catch the wind |
Ballooning |
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The word 'Arthropod' means this |
Jointed foot |
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Insects have this many pairs of antennae |
One |
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An immature form of an insect that does not change greatly as it grows |
Nymph |
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A parasitic mite that burrows and lays eggs inside the skin of its host |
Scabies |
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The inner layer, which makes up the bulk of the exoskeleton |
Procuticle |
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A warning coloration to advertise noxious qualities |
aposematic |
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Arachnids must ingest this type of food |
Liquid |
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A body region composed of the head and thorax fused together |
cephalothorax |
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Any structure, such as a leg or an antenna, that grows out of an animals body |
Appendages |
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an air-filled chamber containing leaf-like plates that serve for gas exchange |
Book lungs |
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The periodic shedding of the exoskeleton |
Ecdysis |
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the type of respiratory system freshwater crayfish have |
Gills |
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the type of respiratory system hissing cockroach have |
tracheal tubes |
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Class of millipedes |
Diplopoda |
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Class which includes centipedes |
Chilopoda |
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Openings through which air enters and leaves the tracheal tubes |
Spiracles |
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malpighian tubules |
The excretory organ of terrestrial arthropods |
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parthenogenesis |
Type of asexual reproduction in which the offspring develop from unfertilized eggs |
