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What order are beetles in?? |
Coleoptera they have a tough exoskeleton |
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What order are mayflies in?? |
Ephemeroptera their juveniles are aquatic called naiads adults reproduce and die in 24 hours their bodies are soft with two long ceri(tall fibers) |
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What order are mosquitos and flies in?? |
Diptera they have one pair of functional wings club shaped halters for balance bodies are often hairy |
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What order are earwings in?? |
Dermaptera they have long flat bodies they have forcepspincers) on end of abdomen short hard forewings(membranous wings folded underneath) |
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What order contains grasshopper locusts crickets and katydids in?? |
Orthoptera they have very long bodies rear legs modified for jumping |
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What order are moths butterflies and skippers in?? |
Lepidoptera siphoning mouthparts powdery scales on wings all are important plant pollinators |
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What do butterflies do at rest?? |
Fold their wings flat |
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Are moths night active |
Yes |
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What order are lacewings in?? |
Neuroptera net veined wings their small delicate insects predators on insect may be on nectar |
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What order are thirps in?? |
Thysanoptera they have two pairs of cringed wings they eat plant nectar |
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What order are termites in?? |
Isoptera they live in colonies feed on wood soft bodies and short antennas |
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What are castes |
Workers soldiers kings and Queens |
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What order are scorpion flies in?? |
Mecoptera last abdominal segments curved like scorpions two pairs of narrow wings head elongated into a beakr(rostrum) |
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What order are cicadas and leaf hoppers and wingless aphids in? |
Homoptera they have piercing sucking mouthparts |
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What order are dragonflies and damseflies in?? |
Donate dragonflies hold clear wings spread perpendicular to body at rest |
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Where do dameseflies hold there wings?? |
Hold clear wings over their abdomen |
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What order are stoneflies in?? |
Plecoptera their aquatic nymphs aerial adults live short lives |
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Bees ants and wasp are in what order |
Hymenoptera narrow waist connects thorax and abdomen may have a stinger on end of abdomen |
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What order are silverfish in |
Thysanura their fast runners active at night flat long bodies and long antenna and three long tail like appendages |
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What order are fleas in?? |
Siphonaptera enlarged jumping legs very short antenna |
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What is ectoparasites |
Outside parasites |
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What order contains spring tails?? |
Collembola small soft bodies fercula (jumping mechanism)on abdomen it folds under their bodies at rest |
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What order are sucking lice?? |
Anoplora parasite of mammals very small |
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What order contains biting lice |
Mallophaga external parasites on birds andmammals broad head and flattened bodies feed on dead skin feathers and fur amopphic insects has no true metamorphosis doesn't change have |
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What are complete and incomplete metamorphosis |
Egg to larva to popa to adult complete metamorphosis and incomplete is egg to nymph to adult |
