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14 Cards in this Set
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ephemoptera |
mayflies: - 2 pairs of traingular shaped wings (anterior wings larger) - two threadlike cerci (caudal filaments) - large eyes - wings held vertically - two short antennae - long thin abdomen - hemimetabolous metamorphosis |
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coleoptera |
beetles: - two pairs of wings - forewings or elytra are hardened to conceal the larger hindwings - chewing mouthparts - holometabolous metamorphosis |
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lepidoptera |
butterflies & moths: - two pairs of wings, forewings larger and shaped differently - cylindrical soft bodies - coiled mouthparts - holometabolous metamorphosis |
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diptera |
true flies: - one pair of membraneous wings - presence of halteres (small balancing organs behind forewings) - soft body covered with short bristles - enlarged thorax - holometabolous metamorphosis |
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hymenoptera |
bees, wasps, ants...: - two pairs of membraneous wings that link with hooks called hamuli - forewings larger than hind - chewing or tube-like mouthparts - many have a narrow waist between the thorax and abdomen - holometabolous metamorphosis |
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siphonoptera |
fleas: - small laterally flattened body - dark coloured - wingless - short clubbed antennae - bristles on legs and body - enlarged hind legs - piercing sucking mouthparts - holometabolous metamorphosis |
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isoptera |
termites: - ant-like body shape with wider waists - beaded antennae - chewing mouthparts - either have none or small compound eyes - hemimetabolous metamorphosis |
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dermaptera |
earwigs: - sturdy pincer-like cercie - hard, dark elongate body - generally winged - short veinless forewings - long multisegmented antennae - biting mouthparts - hemimetabolous metamorphosis |
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plecoptera |
stoneflies: - long, somewhat dorsoventrally flattened body - long-multisegmented antennae - two long multi-segmented cerci - two pairs of membraneous wings - forewings are long and narrow - hindwings are slightly shorted but wider than fore - hemimetabolous metamorphosis |
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trichoptera |
caddisflies: - hair-like antennae about as long as the body - two pairs of wings narrower and close to the body - large compound eyes - forewings slightly longer than hindwings - holometabolous metamorphosis |
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odonata |
dragonflies: - two pairs of long wings - large compound eyes - chewing mouthparts - tilted thorax segments - hemimetabolous metamorphosis |
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orthoptera |
crickets, grasshoppers: - long hind legs - two pairs of wings - front wings called tegmina are long are narrow with leathery texture - long, thin antennae - hemimetabolous metamorphosis |
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hemiptera |
true bugs: - sucking mouthparts - two pairs of wings - hemimetabolous metamorphosis |
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collembola |
springtails and snowfleas: - small - usually eyeless - wingless - soft-bodied - six or fewer abdominal segments - direct development |
