Topic 2: Biology of Insects Flashcards
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ECDYSIS
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- exoskeleton
2
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MOLTING
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- shedding of the exoskeleton
3
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APOLYSIS
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- separation of old exoskeleton from underlying epidermis
4
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INSTAR
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- growth stage between each molt
5
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STADIUM
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- duration of an instar
6
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STAGES IN DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSECT
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- egg
- immature stages
- pupa
- adult stages
7
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EGG
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- development from a noncellular zygote into a cellular embryo
8
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IMMATURE STAGES
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- feeding stage
9
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LARVA
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- immature stage of holometabolous insects
10
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TYPES OF LARVA
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- polypod
- oligopod
- apodous
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LARVA: POLYPOD
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- short thoracic leges
- abdominal prolegs
12
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LARVA: OLIGOPODS
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- lack abdominal prolegs
- functional thoracic legs
- prognathous mouthparts
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LARVA: APODOUS
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- lack true legs
- worm-like
- live in soil, mud, or within bodies of other organisims (parasitoids)
14
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NYMPH
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- immature stages of paurometabolous insects
- never enters pupal stage
15
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PUPA
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- stage of tissue reorgonization