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Legs, antennae, and orders Flashcards

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Blattodea

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Cockroaches and termites, Dorsoventrally flat, egg cases (ootheca), Hemimetabolous

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Coleoptera

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Beetles, elytra, Holometabolous

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Dermaptera

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Earwigs, cerci (appears as pincer-like things on end of abdomen), shortened elytra, Hemimetabolous

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Diptera

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True flies, two wings with hind wings modified into halteres, Holometabolous

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Hemiptera

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True Bugs, piercing/sucking mouthparts, hemelytra, Hemimetabolous

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Lepidoptera

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Butterflies and Moths, sucking mouth parts, Holometabolous

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Mantodea

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Mantids, raptorial forelegs, also have egg cases (ootheca), Hemimetabolous

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Neuroptera

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Lacewings Owlflies Antlions Mantidflies, four membranous wings, chewing mouthparts, Holometabolous

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Orthoptera

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Grasshoppers Katydids Crickets, thickened forewings (tegmina), Hemimetabolous

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Phasmida

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Stick Insects, Hemimetabolous

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Siphonaptera

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Fleas, laterally flat, Holometabolous

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Mecoptera

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Scorpionflies, Long snout, long slender bodies, long wings, Holometabolous

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Hymenoptera

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Bees Wasps Ants, hindwing smaller than forewing, Holometabolous

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Odonata

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Dragonflies Damselflies, Hemimetabolous

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Ambulatory Legs

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Walking

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Cursorial

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Running, more extended than ambulatory legs

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Saltatorial

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Jumping, think grasshoppers

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Natatorial

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Swimming

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Fossorial

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Digging

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Raptorial

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Grasping, think mantids

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Aristate

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Very small, Flies

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Capitate

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uniform along antennae with prominent club at the end, butterflies

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Clavate

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the segments become wider towards the tip of the antenna. This may be gradual along its length, or a sudden increase and therefore mainly affecting the last few joints and giving the appearance of a club, A lot of Beetles

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Filiform

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Each segment is equal in size all along the length, long

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Geniculate

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90 degree bend in antennae, Ants

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Lamellate

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the segments towards the end are flattened and plate-like. This gives the appearance of a fan, June and Scarab beetles

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Pectinate

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The segments are longer on one side. This gives the appearance of a comb, All sections facing the same way, Beetles

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Serrate

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Saw blade/serrated look, the branches aren’t quite equal, Beetles

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Plumose

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the segments each have a number of fine thread-like branches. This gives the appearance of a feather, Moths

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Setaceous

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The antenna tapers gradually from the base to the tip, Dragonflies

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