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insects |
largest group of arthropods |
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what are the three body regions of insects |
head thorax abdomen |
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antenna |
one pair of head jointed sensory smell called feelers |
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wingless insects |
silverfish fleas termites ants |
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powdery wings |
butterflies moths |
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beetle wings |
forewing called elytra membraneous hindwings |
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hemiptera |
true bugs |
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posteria thorax |
triangular called scutelum |
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last three wings clear |
assasin bug giant water bug leaf hopper waterboat ma |
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order coleoptera |
beetle tough exoskeleton forewings called elytra fly with membraneous wings larva called grubs cucumber beetle ladybird rhnicerous |
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order ephemeroptera |
called mayflies adults reproduce and die in 24 hours soft bodies with two long tail fibers |
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order diptera |
contains mosquitos and flies one pari of functional wings club shaped halters for balance bodies often hairy |
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order dermoptera |
earwings ling flat bodies foreceps short, hard, forewings |
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orthoptera |
grasshoppers locusts crickets katydids long bodies rear legs for jumping communicate with chirping |
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lepidoptera |
moths butterflies skippers moths nigh active plant pollinators |
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neuroptera |
lace wings net veined wings long antennae may feed on nectar |
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thysanoptera |
thrips 2 pairs of fringe wings feed on plant sap |
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isoptera |
termites live in colonies feed on wood doft bodies |
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mecoptera |
scorpion flies 2 pairs of narrow wings head elongted into a beak long antenna |
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hemoptera |
cicacles leaf hoppers wingless piercing sucking mouthparts |
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odonata |
Dragonflies damselflies dragonflies holds clear wings spread perpendicular damselflies hold clear wings together |
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plecoptera |
stoneflies aquatic nymphs ariel adults are short lived make drumming |
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hymenoptera |
bees ants wasps narrow waist connects thorax and abdomen may have a stinger |
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thysanura |
silver fish found around houses fast runners damage books secretive active at night flat long bodies long antennae |
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siphonaptera |
fleas ectoparasites laterally compressed large hind legs very short antennae |
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collembola |
springtails small soft bodies found in decaying materials |
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anoplura |
sucking lice parasites of mammals very small head lice and body lice |
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mallophaga |
bittinf lice external parasites broas head flat body feed on dead skin |
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metamorphosis |
change in form from egg to adult complet incomplete |
