Animal Kingdom Flashcards
Phylum Arthropoda
Joint footed animals. 5 kingdoms
Animal kingdom
Can move, can make own food
Phylum Arthropoda classes (5)
Crustaceans Centipedes Millipedes Spiders Insect
Insect
Most successful of all animals 3 parts-head, thorax, abdomen 6 legs- all attached to the thorax Exoskeleton- made of chitin Usually four wings Antennae
Coleoptera
Beatles
Have wing covers with a line down the middle. Largest group, 1/7 insects are Beatles
Hemiptera
Have wings that fold and firm a triangle
Ex. Stink bug
Lepidoptera
Butterfly’s and moths
Butterfly’s are colorful, fly during the day, and when resting the wings fold up
Moths are dark, fly during the night, and while resting wings are folded back
Diptera
Flies and mosquitoes
Only have 2 wings
Hymenoptera
Ants, bees, wasps
Have separated body parts
Social
Metemorphosis
A change of form
Almost all insects have a complete change of their bodies as they grow
3 stages of metamorphoses
Egg
Larva
Adult
Ex. Grasshopper
4 stages of metamorphoses
Egg
Larva
Pupa
Adult
Ex. Butterfly
Social insects
All live together
Have jobs
Give up their lives for the colony
Queen
Everything revolves around her
Only one that lays eggs
Soldiers
All female
Protect