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Components of an insects head;

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  • Compound eyes
  • Antennae
  • Simple eyes
  • Mouth parts
    - Mandibles
    - Labrum
    - Labium
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Components of the Insects abdomen;

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  • Cerci
  • Spiracles
  • Ovipositor
  • Cornicles
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What makes up the insects digestive system;

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  • Crop (storage)
  • Gastric caeca
  • Midgut
  • Malpighian tubules
  • Hindgut
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What orders are Ametabolous? (no development) and an example of each.

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  1. Collembola (spring tails)

2. Thysanura (Silverfish)

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What orders are Hemimetabolous? (Incomplete development) and an example for each.

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  1. Ephemeroptera (mayflies)
  2. Odonata (Dragonflies)
  3. Dermaptera (Earwigs)
  4. Blattodea (Cockroaches)
  5. Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
  6. Psocodea (Lice)
  7. Hemiptera (True bug, Aphids)
  8. Thysanoptera (Thrips)
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Collembola:

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Common name: Springtails

  • Ametabolous
  • Chewing
  • Wingless

*Identified by Furca (bottom tail)

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Thysanura:

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Common name: Silverfish

  • Ametabolous
  • Chewing
  • Wingless

*Identified by 2 cerci, 1 long filament (3 unequal tails)

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Ephemeroptera:

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Common name: Mayflies

  • Ephemeroptera
  • Chewing/ None (when adult)
  • Large forewings/small hindwing (triangular)

*identified by 3 long equal caudal filaments & only live 24 hours

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Odonata:

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Common name: Dragonflies

  • Hemimetabolous
  • Chewing
  • 4 wings
  • identified by the way they hold there wings (Vertical & Horizontal)
  • Dragon flies have close eyes, damselfly has separated eyes
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Derpmaptera:

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Common name: Earwigs

  • Hemimetabolous
  • Chewing
  • Fore wing/Hind wing
  • identified by big forewing protecting hind wing
  • Females have straight forcep, Males have curved
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Blattodea:

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Common name: Cockroaches (Termites)

  • Hemimetabolous
  • Chewing
  • Dont fly
  • Identified by long antennae
  • Lots of spikes on legs
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Termites:

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Worker: No horns
Solider: 2 big horns on front head
Queen: Way bigger then others

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Orthoptera:

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Common name: Cricket or Grasshopper

  • Hemimetabolous
  • Chewing
  • Jump
  • Found on Plant material
  • identified by elongated hind femur (grasshopper
  • Ovipositor (long long) makes it a female (Crickets)
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What are the orders of Holometabolous? (Complete development) and an example of each.

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  1. Neuroptera (Lacewings)
  2. Lepidoptera (Butterflies, moths)
  3. Coleoptera (Beetle)
  4. Diptera (Flies)
  5. Siphonaptera (Fleas)
  6. Hymenoptera (Bees, wasps, ants)
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Psocodea:

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Common Name: Lice

  • Hemimetabolous
  • Chewing or Piercing-Sucking
  • Wingless
  • identified by larger thorax then head
  • Chewing lice = Big head
  • Sucking Lice = Small head
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Hemiptera:

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Common Name: True bug

  • Hemimetabolous
  • Piercing-Sucking (Like a beak)
  • Forewing & hindwing
  • Identified by seeing the little triangle in the middle of back (true bug)
  • wings cover side of abdomen
  • Aphids 2 cornicle
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Thysanoptera:

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Common name: Thrips

  • Hemimetabolous
  • Piercing-sucking
  • Most winged

*identified by prickly wing

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Neuroptera:

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Common name: Lacewings

  • Holometabolous
  • Chewing
  • Hind & forewing - almost same shape and size

*identified by long antennae & Same sized wings

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Coleoptera:

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Common name: Beetles

  • Holometabolous
  • Chewing
  • Top wing protects hind wing
  • No cerci
20
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Lepidoptera:

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Common name: Butterflies & Moths

  • Holometabolous
  • Chewing (Larvae) Siphoning (adult)
  • 4 wings

*identified by tube mouthpart

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Diptera:

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Common name: Flies

  • Holometabolous
  • Sponging or Piercing-sucking
  • 1 pair of wings
  • haltere helps balance body

*Only order with 1 pair of wings

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Siphonaptera:

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Common name: Fleas

  • Holometabolous
  • Piercing-sucking
  • Wingless
  • identified by “moustache”
  • Body covered with projecting spines
  • Leg part larger then femur
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Hymenoptera:

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Common name: Bees, Wasps, Ants

  • Holometabolous
  • Chewing, Lapping (bees)
  • 2 pairs of wings

*Only order with narrow waist

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