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25 Cards in this Set
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Mimicry |
Imitation of a noxious species by a palatable one |
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Epicuticle |
Outermost layer of the exoskeleton; serves as a barrier to microorganisms and pesticides |
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Ballooning |
Process in which baby spiders can move through the air by releasing one or more silk threads to catch the wind |
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Antennal Glands |
Crustacean organs which regulate salt balance |
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Larva |
Wingless, worm-like stage during complete metamorphosis |
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Harvestmen |
Granddaddy longleg |
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Mosquitoes |
Number one disease vector in the world |
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Fleas |
Carry the plague |
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Crypsis |
Ability of an animal to avoid observation or detection by other animals through camouflage in it's shape or coloration |
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Ticks |
These arthropods are the number two disease vector in the world |
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Ocelli |
Simple eyes in an arthropod |
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Funnelweb |
Extremely venomous spider found in Australia |
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Horseshoe Crabs |
"living fossils" |
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Brown Recluse |
Brown spider, violin shaped dorsal stripe |
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Centipede |
Carnivorous, agile hunter that kill their prey with their venom claws and have one pair of legs on each trunk segment |
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Pupa |
Stage of complete metamorphosis in which the organism is enclosed within a protective capsule |
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Neurotoxin |
Type of venom that acts on the nervous system |
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Hemolytic |
Type of venom that produces death of tissues and skin surrounding the bite |
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Jointed Foot |
Arthropod means this |
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One |
Insects have this many pairs of antenna |
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Millipede |
Slow moving, herbivorous animal that may roll into a coil when disturbed and have two pairs of legs on each trunk segment |
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Nymph |
Immature form of an insect that doesn't change greatly as it grows |
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Malaria |
Disease carried by Anopheles mosquitoes infected hundreds of millions of people and causing millions of deaths |
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Lyme Disease |
Chronic, disabling disease caused by a bacterium and carried by a deer tick |
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Scabies |
Parasitic mite that burrows and lays eggs inside the skin of it's host |
