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| the posterior most body region of insects. |
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| An order of the Arachnida, comprising the mites and ticks. |
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| the nerve impulse that travels across the axon, in the form of electrical energy. |
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| the process that promotes individual survival and reproduction in an environment. |
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| the speciation resulting from a founder population and a lack of competition for resources from other organisms. |
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| the force attracting unlike particles or molecules. |
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| the insect male's reproductive organ, inserted into the female's bursa during copulation. |
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| Ametabolism (ametabolous development) |
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| metamorphosis in which the change from immature to adult is size and sexual maturation. |
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| the study of an insects body structure as well as the naming of body parts. |
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| sensory structures found on the head of insects. |
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| opening at the end of the digestive system where the wasted is flushed out. |
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| Coloration that indicates danger or warning. |
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| An order of the Class Arachnida, comprising the spiders. |
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| an organism that is able to produce its own food. |
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| the long, unbranched portion of a nerve cell, along which the action potential is generated. |
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| abbreviation for Bacillus thurengiensis, a bacterium which produces a protein toxic to immature Lepidoptera, Coleoptera or Diptera when ingested. |
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| With spiders, the action of sending out a thread of silk and letting the wind carry it aloft. |
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| the innermost layer of the integument (exoskeleton). |
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| the number of species of all living organisms on Earth. |
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| the study of the distribution of organisms around the world. |
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| the action of natural enemies to lower a population of insects or mites. |
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| the matter in living organisms, resulting from the conversion of solar energy. |
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| the dominant vegetation in a region. |
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| reproduction which necessitates two parents, one producing sperm, one the egg |
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| having two generations per year. |
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| referring to an insecticide which kills a wide range of insects. |
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| a swelling of a lymph node. |
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| the copulatory sack of female insects, into which the aedeagus is inserted during copulation. |
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| a member of the Lepidoptera which is diurnal, usually colorful, and whose antennal tips are swollen. |
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| an element with six protons and six neutrons. |
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| an organism that eats other animals. |
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| in humans, the brain and spinal cord; in insects, the ganglia in the head, thorax and abdomen. |
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| the fused head and thorax in the spiders. |
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| the appendages on the posterior of insects' abdomens, which function as sensory structures, similar to the antennae of the head. |
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| the claw-like mouthparts of arachnids. |
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| a receptor that is sensitive to chemical stimuli, used in detecting smell and taste. |
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| a polysaccharide (complex sugar) that comprises about 50% of insect cuticle. |
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| a yellowing of plant tissue. |
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| the outer layer of the insect egg. |
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| a molecular unit comprised of DNA. |
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| in some lepidopteran species, the pupa that lacks the silken cocoon. |
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| the silken covering over the pupa. |
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