Arthropods Flashcards
invertebrate animal, Insect, Spider, Crustacean
Arthropod
Shedding of skin to allow new growth
Molting
Chemical Substance produced and released into the environment by a animal. Especially Mammals or Insects
Pheromones
Middle section of the body of an insect between the head and the Abdomen, bearing the legs and wings
Thorax
Posterior part of the body of an arthropod. Especially the segments of an insects body behind the thorax
Abdomen
Fused head and thorax of spiders and other chelicerate arthropods
Cephalothorax
Rigid external body in some invertebrate animals. Provides Both support and protection
Exoskeleton
Pair of Appendages bearing a chela
Cheliped
A excretory organ that spits out liquids
Malpighean tubes
Part of the class Arachnida. Spider or scorpion
Arachnid
eight leg, arachnid, unsegmented body
Spiders
Process of transformation from an immature to an adult
Metamorphosis
Aquatic Arthropod, Lobster, Crab, Shrimp or barnacle
Crustaceans
Arthropod, six legs, one or two pairs of wings
Insects
pair of long thin sensory appendages on the head of insects, crustaceans and some other arthropods
Antennae
arachnid with lobster like pinchers, jointed tail that is curled in the back
Scorpions
abdominal limbs or appendages adapted for swimming and for carrying eggs
Swimmerets
one of a pair of glands in a crustaceans near the attenea
Green Glads
arachnids, external Parasites
Woodtick
PLant eating insect. long hing legs for jumping
Grasshoppers
insect with two pairs of large wings, metamorphosis. Arthropods
Butterfly
Arthropod. small fly that occurs worldwide
Housefly
Sucks Blood.
Mosquito
Malacostraca, predators that ar considered scavengr
Crab
