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14 Cards in this Set
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ADH |
the number of house at an adjusted average temperature it takes for an insect species to develop to a given stage |
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metamorphosis |
body development in four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and then finally adults |
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crop |
a digestive organ used for food storage in maggots |
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entomology |
study of insects and related arthropods |
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grub |
wormlike beetle larva |
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succession |
a predictable sequence of changing species that inhabit a decomposing body
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instar |
each of the three different larval stages of flies in species that undergo complete metamorphosis |
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larva |
wormlike stage of insect development in flies right after egg stage |
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maggot |
fly larva is called this... |
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oviposition |
deposition, or laying of eggs, with emphasis on location and weather at the time of laying eggs |
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pupa |
a non-feeding stage of development between larva and adult |
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spiracles |
respiratory organs of insects that are used by researchers to identify a larval stage as first, second or third instar |
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blowfly |
usually the first to arrive at the scene of a crime |
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beetle |
this group of insects has two sets of wings and grubs instead of maggots |
