Arthropod

Larvae eat anything alive on or under the water. Adults eat other insects. Butterflies/Moths: Complete metamorphosis. Caterpillars eat leaves and the butterflies eat nectar from flowers. Tiger beetles: Complete metamorphosis. Larvae eats arthropods when they have the chance to but they can live without food for weeks and they also eat the same food as the adults. The adults eat spiders, ants, caterpillars, flies and beetles. Locusts: Incomplete metamorphosis. Nymphs eat plants…

western shovel-nosed snake, a sympatric species to the California kingsnake, to test the general response of the iguana’s snake chemcials. Unlike the California kingsnake, the western shovel-nosed snake does not feed on lizards and only feeds on arthropods making it an optimal snake control stimulus. (Bealor and Krekorian, 2002). The researchers hypothesized that chemoreception is a salient aspect for the Iguanas in their daily lives to detect chemical cues from potential predators that are…

An Entomological Study to Determine the Time since Death in Cases of Decomposed Bodies is a brief and informative article written by Parmod Goyal. The article begins with an abstract, which first defines forensic entomology as “the application of knowledge of insects during the investigation of crimes or other legal matters.” Determining the time since death of a human is extremely important, but finding this specific time becomes more difficult as the body decomposes. Although in the early…

Exotic animals are constantly being conformed to becoming something that they would never be. People all over the world try to train wild animals as having the behavior of a domestic animal. This can be dangerous to the human given the fact that there are over thousands of years of evolution between a domestic animal and a wild animal. The dangers are eminent and unpredictable and people need to realize what they are trying to do is impossible and not to mention dangerous to their health and…

Critical thinking is a series of thinking processes to assess judgment, assumption, argument or claim in a thorough and rational manner. Critical thinking is the most fundamental skills that can be achieved by postgraduate students which applicable to other context as well, or termed as a transferable skill. Postgraduate students are primarily working on a research project which suits well with their own interest. On the daily basis, students are using scientific approach to figure out the…

Introduction European and Asian immigrants came to America with multiple unknown animals. Most of these foreign animals hurt or destroyed the land and the ecosystem. One of these none native animals is known as a wild hog (Suidae). Feral swine (Sus scrofa), often found in the United States, come from a variety of domesticated swine. These include: the Eurasian wild boar and African boar hybrids. The first documented domestic swine was used for food purposes in Hawaii around 750-1000; but it was…

The Amazon has a relevant position in the world. Notwithstanding the planet knows the Amazon, it is essential to learn more about this complex environment system. It occupies area with more than 3.4 million squared miles, in nine countries in the South America: Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Peru, being that 60% of its total is in Brazil. It also is in nine Brazilian states: Amazonas, Amapa, Maranhao, Goias, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, Acre, Pará,…

Wind Direction’s Effect on Flour Beetle Search Behavior INTRODUCTION ϖ Background Beetles are arthropods and generally classified as insects (General Biology, 2014). The flour beetle (Tribolium spp.) is commonly found in flour mills, food storage warehouses, and even homes, where it feeds upon flour and other grains (General Biology, 2014). Though flour beetles are harmless, they are a huge agricultural problem (General Biology, 2014). Due to their status as an agricultural pest, it is…

Blanchard’s Cricket Frog (Acris blanchardi) Introduction As humans, we get the opportunity to share and coexist on this planet with some extraordinarily unique and diverse organisms. Of such organisms, reptiles and amphibians are some of the most adaptable organisms on Earth, residing on every continent except bitter cold Antarctica. Here in Minnesota, There are 22 species of amphibians and 31 species of reptiles, ranging from the fast moving salamanders to the slow and nimble turtles. I got…

Introduction The purpose of this statement is to address the recent changes to the South Carolina Curriculum Standard. Research will be conducted on both Evolutionary theory and Intelligent Design theory to determine if high school biology teachers should teach their students Intelligent Design as a valid alternative to Evolutionary theory. Intelligent Design The Intelligent Design theory argues that the world and all the creatures in it were created not by random mutations and evolution, but…