ENVS 2210 Chapter 2: Week 2 (1)
15 Sep 2018
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An insect name is two words if that insect is truly what the name indicated e. g. honey bee, bumble bee, house fly. Ladybug, dragonfly are single word because they are not a true bug or fly. K animalia; p arthropoda; c insecta; o hymenoptera; s apocrita; f apidae. Segmented body (2-3 regions), paired segmented appendages, exoskeleton, bilaterally symmetrical body, tubular git. The most common type of animal on earth. 3 body regions, one pair of antennae, normally 3 pairs of legs, usually one or two pairs of wings. Most dominant group of animal on earth. Hymen (clear membrane wings); ptera (2 pairs of wings) Almost all social insects except one group, difficult to state a common feature. Constricted abdomen, membrane like wings, larvae do not resemble caterpillars. Mostly not harmful to plants except some wasps. Two superfamilies, vespoidea (ants and wasps) and apoidea (bees) Special body hair for pollen transfer on hind legs or lower abdominal surface.
