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Largest class in Kingdom Animalia is ________

Class Insecta

4 characteristics of insects:

3 pair of walking legs, wings at some point in their lives, one pair antennae, 3 part segmented body (head, thorax, and abdomen)

In insects, air enters the exoskeleton through aslit in the abdomen called ___________ .

spiracles

in insects, air travels from the spiracles, air travels through a complex network of _______________

tracheas

In development, insects either go through __________ ________ or ___________ ___________

complete metamorphosis or incomplete metamorphosis

4 stages of insect development with complete metamorphosis:

egg, lava, pupa, adult

larva:
wormlike insect that eats and molts
pupa:
forms a case around itself so organs and structures can transform.

Stages of incomplete metamorphosis

egg, nymph, adult

Nymph

insectlooks like a small version of the adult form.
Bombardier beetles are fully equippedwith __________ _________ a as a defense mechanism.
chemical weapon

List the 4 types of wings:

Membranous


Scaled


Leather-like


Horny

membranous wings:
thin transparent detailed network of veins; Class: Diptera Ex: Flies, gnats
Scaled wings:
- delicate scales cover the wings, not transparent and rubs offlike powder;

Class:Lipidoptera Ex: Butterflies,Moths

Leatherlike wings
appear to be part of the exoskeleton. Covers a 2ndpair of membranouswings; Class:Orthroptera Ex: Grasshopper
Horny wings:
like leather like, but a lot tougher. Also cover the entire body of the insect.

Class:Coleoptera Ex: Beetles

Give an example of an insect with membranous wings:

Flies or gnats

Give an example of an insect with scaled wings:

Butterflies or moths

Give an example of an insect with leather-like wings:

Grasshopper

Give an example of an insect with horny wings:

Beetles

Hymenoptera is the class of insects thatis the ____________ insect class. They have membranous wings. Ex: Bees and Ants

social

An example of an insect in the hymenoptera (social) class is ___________________

bees or ants