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dominant form of life on our planet |
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number of species of insects |
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percentage of all animal species that are insects |
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Plant, Household, Animal, Human |
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four types of insect pests |
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insect that is the perfect model of genetics |
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segmented worms, earthworms, marine worms |
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peripatus, somewhere between annelids and arthropods |
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segmented body, bilateral symmetry, exoskeleton |
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Trilobites, Crustaceans, Chelicerates, Atelocerates |
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four subphyla of arthropods |
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marine creatures that became extinct |
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water fleas plus decapods and isopods |
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lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, crabs |
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rolypolys, sowbugs, pillbugs |
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arachnids, scorpions, spiders, ticks, mites, daddy longlegs |
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millipedes, centipedes, hexapods |
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body composed of many segments arranged in a row |
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no specialization of segments into body regions, not even a head |
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no mouthparts or antennae |
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Annelids, Onychophorans, Arthropods |
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no system of internal tubes for breathing |
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internal tubes used for breathing |
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blood is in a closed circulatory system |
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do not have an external skeleton that must be shed to grow |
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Onychophorans, Arthropods |
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body composed of many segments |
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practically no specialization of body segments into body regions, although the mouthparts and antennae on the front are something like a head |
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Onychophorans, Arthropods |
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segmented antennae present |
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have many paired appendages that are used for walking, but these leglike structures are not segmented |
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Onychophorans, Arthropods |
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breathe with a system of internal tubes |
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Onychophorans, Arthropods |
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blood flows loosely in an open circulatory system |
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Onychophorans, Arthropods |
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have an exoskeleton that must be shed to grow |
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body segments grouped in two or three regions with specialized functions |
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Annelids, Onychophorans, Arthropods |
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paired segmented appendages |
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appendages similar and leglike |
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body with three major regions |
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Cephalon, Thorax, Pygidium |
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three major regions of trilobites |
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anterior part of body covered with a carapace |
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Crustaceans, Atelocerates |
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mouthparts are mandibles that move laterally |
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all appendages have two branches, although sometimes one of the branches is hard to distinguish |
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Crustaceans, Chelicerates, Millipedes, Centipedes |
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two body regions of crustaceans and chelicerates |
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five pairs of walking legs |
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seven pairs of walking legs |
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mouthparts are fanglike with pincers that move vertically |
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Chelicerates, Atelocerates |
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all appendages have one branch |
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near the chelicerae they have a pair of pedipalps |
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appendages used for sensory purposes or to assist with feeding |
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four pairs of jointed appendages that used for walking or crawling |
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Scorpions, Daddy Longlegs |
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stinger on end of abdomen |
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pedipalps are very long, often as long as legs, and large, with claws on end |
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two orders under the subphylum crustacean |
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Scorpions, Spiders, Ticks and Mites, Daddy Longlegs |
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four orders under the class arachnid and the subphylum chelicerate |
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abdomen is very narrow where it joins the cephalothorax |
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pedipalps are shorter than legs and narrow, fingerlike |
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abdomen is broad where it joins the cephalothorax |
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chelicerae and pedipalps are very short |
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no stinger on the end of abdomen |
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either two or three body regions |
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two (or three) body regions of atelocerates |
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two body regions of millipedes and centipedes |
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thirty or more pairs of legs, with two pairs on most body segments |
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fifteen or more pairs of legs, with one pair on each body segment |
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first pair of legs modified into poisonous claws |
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three body regions of insects (hexapods) |
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three pairs of legs on thorax |
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usually one or two pairs of wings on thorax |
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Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
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classification of animals |
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Monera, Fungi, Plantae, Protista, Animalia |
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five kingdoms of classification |
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slime molds or protozoans |
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body is segmented and repeated several times |
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one nerve cord, similar to our spinal column, in the bottom of arthropods bodies |
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controllable holes through the body that admit air into the network of tubes |
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do not have lungs and their blood does not carry oxygen |
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lived during the Cambrian period about 600 million years ago |
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very abundant on the bottom of the ocean |
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primarily live in aquatic environments |
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Freshwater, Saltwater, Brackish |
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three types of aquatic environments |
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five to seven pairs of legs |
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lobsters, crabs, crayfish, shrimp |
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sowbugs, pillbugs, rolypolys |
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some can roll into a ball |
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mouthparts that move up and down |
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mouthparts that move side to side |
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have feeding structures that move up and down like snake fangs, but not hollow |
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holds prey with chelicerae, creates a soup, and eats with a straw |
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digestion is mostly external |
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fanglike mouthparts, all have poison, but few are a threat to humans |
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Black Widow, Brown Recluse |
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females are shiny black with red hourglass |
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males are black and yellow or black and orange |
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not very aggressive spiders |
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likes dark places and are usually found in groups |
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bites are immediately painful as neurotoxins are quite poisonous |
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also called fiddle backed spider |
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violin marking on cephalothorax |
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three pairs of eyes instead of four |
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uniform tan color and long legs |
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reclusive but aggressive, it is usually encountered accidentally |
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bites are sharp but not initially painful |
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bites contain neurotoxins and necrotoxins |
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have hooked hairs on abdomen that can get into predators' eyes and nose |
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have only one noticeable body region |
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only noticeable body region of mites |
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parasites of many insects |
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feed intradermally and cause scabies and the mange |
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attach to skin using two claws and two bladelike beaks enter the skin |
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get name from webbing they make around feeding sites |
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susceptible to mite infestation |
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injury caused by spider mites |
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reduces the ability of leaves to carry out photosynthesis |
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have two body segments, six legs when young and eight legs when adults |
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parasites in the order of arachnids |
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barbed modified mouth of a tick |
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feeds by burying hypostome into the flesh of its host |
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secretes anticoagulants in its saliva |
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head is completely embedded while it feeds |
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Lyme Disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever |
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two diseases cause by ticks |
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plant material in a state of decay |
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subphylum that insects belong to |
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some species in South America can eject cyanide |
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one pair of legs per segment |
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usually shiny, reddish brown and less than three inches long |
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atelocerates that can bite |
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modified first pair of legs as poisonous claws |
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two pairs of functioning wings as adults |
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flew for millions of years before anything else did |
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three pairs of legs with one pair on each of the three thorax segments |
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fleshy unsegmented appendages |
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a long chain polysaccharide |
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1. Seta 2. Epicuticle 3. Exocuticle 4. Endocuticle 5. Epidermis |
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layers of skin of insects |
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layers of insects' skin that are molted off |
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layer of insects' skin that are dissolved and reused |
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layer of insects' skin that is living |
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layer of insect skin that is waxy and water resistant |
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the destruction of old cuticle, formation of new and larger cuticle, and shedding of remnants of old cuticle |
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controls molting in insects |
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indicate stretching, signalling time to molt |
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produces a molting hormone called ecdysone |
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gland in the thorax of insects |
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two types of specialization of insect heads |
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Locomotion, Sensory, Digestion |
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three types of specialization of insect thoraxes |
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Digestion, Excretion, Reproduction |
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three types of specialization of insect abdomens |
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individual body segments becoming specialized regions |
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allowed for specialization of appendages |
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Chewing, Piercing-Sucking, Siphoning, Sponging |
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four feeding appendages on the head of insects |
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beetles, grasshoppers type of feeding appendage |
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lice and mosquitoes type of feeding appendage |
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butterflies type of feeding appendage |
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flies type of feeding appendage |
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Running, Digging, Grasping, Jumping, Swimming, Wings |
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six types of locomotion appendages on the thorax of insects |
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cockroaches type of locomotion appendage |
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mole crickets type of locomotion appendage |
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praying mantises type of locomotion appendage |
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grasshoppers type of locomotion appendage |
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giant water bugs type of locomotion appendage |
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made of lots of little functional eyes |
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keeps insects from dying from falling |
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excretion intermediate in toxicity |
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excretion intermediate in the amount of energy used to make |
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excreted in the form of urine |
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terrestrial insects' excretion |
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excretion relatively nontoxic |
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excretion hardest to make by amount of energy used |
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excreted in a dry fecal pellet |
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fish and aquatic insects' excretion |
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excretion that is highly toxic |
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excretion that is easiest to make in terms of energy used |
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excretion that is soluble in water |
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three types of nitrogenous waste products |
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excretion containing and using no water |
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urine and feces of insects mixed together |
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a change in body structure, habitat and changes in behavior as an adult |
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allows insects to better fit their environmental niche and avoid competition |
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allows insects to suspend development and usually occurs from a change in photoperiod |
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ceases when certain conditions have been met, such as number of accumulated cooling or warming hours |
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a period of inactivity that occurs in direct response to environmental conditions and is often short term |
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similar to cloning as no males are necessary |
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have sexual reproduction allowing for genetic diversity and parthenogenesis which clones successful copies |
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the process of some insects giving birth to live young in a process similar to mammals |
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Ovoviviparous Reproduction |
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the process of some insects laying eggs that hatch immediately |
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allows insects to adapt genetically to changes in their environment |
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Specialization in Lifestyle |
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allows insects to adapt to unique food sources or a very special habitat |
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numerous insect eggs in groups |
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two common shapes of insect eggs |
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the shedding of old cuticle and expanding into a new and larger one |
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Most primitive form of metamorphosis |
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most advanced form of metamorphosis |
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adult looks the same as immature insects |
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gradual change in appearance without a major transformation in any one stage |
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pouches on the outside of the thorax where wings develop |
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immature forms in incomplete metamorphosis |
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from the Greek meaning bride |
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generally look like adults except for wings |
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a type of metamorphosis with a sudden change in appearance with major transformation taking place in one stage |
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No Metamorphosis, Incomplete Metamorphosis, Complete Metamorphosis |
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three types of metamorphosis |
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immature stages are very unlike the adults |
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life cycle in complete metamorphosis |
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the first stages after the egg move around actively and eat |
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bridges the gap between larvae and adults |
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the inactive resting stage where most of the changes in appearance take place just before becoming an adult |
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have only simple eyes instead of compound eyes |
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no signs of wing pads on the outside of the thorax |
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from the Latin word for doll |
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stage in which reproductive organs develop in complete metamorphosis |
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Total number of orders within insects |
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largest insect order by far with 300,000 species |
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have two pairs of wings with first pair very hard and armorlike |
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armorlike wings of beetles |
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translates to sheath wings |
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order of insects that have only one pair of wings |
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mouthparts are generally piercing sucking or sponging |
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second pair of modified wings on true flies used for balance |
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Definition
many of the larvae have no distinct head, just some mouthparts |
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Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths) |
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have two pairs of wings covered with scales that give color |
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can see in the ultraviolet range |
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considered to be modified setae |
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mouthparts of adults are siphoning with a coiled tube |
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fly only during the day and have knobbed antennae |
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fly mostly at night and have antennae that are not knobbed |
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butterfly and moth larvae |
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very smooth often brightly colored pupa |
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can see the legs, wings, and other body structures on the outside of the pupa |
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the structure that unites the front and hind wings of bees, wasps and ants |
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Bees, Wasps, and Ants (Hymenoptera) |
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Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants) |
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antennae are long and threadlike, and often elbowed |
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Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants) |
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mouthparts are chewing or lapping sucking |
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have no barbs on their stinger so that they can sting again |
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have a barbed stinger which tears out of their bodies when they sting |
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predators that are not picky and will eat anything |
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first pair of wings is leathery at the base and membranous at the tips |
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have sucking mouthparts in the form of a beak that comes off the front of the head |
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Definition
part of thorax is enlarged to form a triangular shield |
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antennae are much longer than the head |
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Homoptera (Hoppers, Aphids, Scales) |
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front wings are all leathery |
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Homoptera (Hoppers, Aphids, Scales) |
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mouthparts are piercing sucking in the form of beaks that come off the back of the head |
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have both sexual and asexual reproduction |
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excess fluids that are secreted by aphids |
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produce a substance that entirely covers them |
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bodies don't have usual insect appearance because they stay in one place |
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secretion is used to produces dyes and shellac |
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Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids) |
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females may have long ovipositors |
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Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids) |
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males make musical sounds for warning and courting |
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Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies) |
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Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies) |
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have a long and slender abdomen |
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Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies) |
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short, bristle like antennae |
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immature dragonflies and damselflies |
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head may be hidden by thorax |
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nocturnal, smell bad, and can live for months on very little food |
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small, soft bodied, pale insects that cannot see |
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have a common burial ground |
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social insects with a caste system |
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guard the colony with their larger heads and powerful jaws |
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feed on wood and wood products |
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have the longest lived queens of all insects |
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wingless their entire life |
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Sucking Lice (Anoplura), Chewing Lice (Mallophaga) |
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two major suborders of Lice |
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have piercing sucking mouthparts and feed on blood |
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Chewing Lice (Mallophaga) |
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have chewing mouthparts and feed on feathers or hair |
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type of lice that congregate in seams |
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highly specialized front legs that grab and hold prey |
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adults are small, hardbodied, and laterally compressed |
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part of fleas that hang on to hair |
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females require a blood meal before laying eggs |
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composed of a nonliving cuticle produced by a living epidermis |
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most common ingredient of the cuticle |
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gives cuticle hard, horny character that tans |
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protein that makes up the soft flexible tissue between hard plates |
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part of the nervous system that is important for movement |
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part of the nervous system that is important for digestion, excretion and reproduction |
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Three parts of the digestive system in insects |
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a series of interconnecting tubes which admit air through outer openings |
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outer openings of trachea |
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the smallest branches of the respiratory system that are partially filled with fluid |
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