World of Insects Biology Junction昆虫世界生物结.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Plecoptera Stoneflies Aquatic nymphs Aerial adults are short lived Make drumming sound to find mates Hymenoptera Bees, ants, wasps Narrow waist connects thorax abdomen Abdomen curved downward May have stinger on end of abdomen Carpenter bee Red ant Yellow jacket INSECT ORDERS WINGLESS INSECTS Thysanura Called Silverfish Found around houses or outside under stones or wood Fast runners Damage books Secretive and active at night. Flat, long bodies Long antennae Three, long, tail like appendages Siphonaptera Fleas Ectoparasites Bodies laterally compressed Enlarged hind jumping legs Very short antenna Collembola Called springtails Small soft bodied Furcula (jumping mechanism) on abdomen Furcula folds under the body at rest Found in decaying plant material Anoplura Sucking lice Parasites of mammals Very small Head and body lice are examples Attracted to children’s fine hair Carry disease Mallophaga Biting lice External parasites on birds mammals Broad head flattened body Feed on dead skin, feathers, and fur Metamorphosis CHANGE IN FORM FROM EGG TO ADULT Incomplete INCOMPLETEMETAMORPHOUS Insects change shape gradually! CompleteMetamorphosis Four stages that all look different Amorphic Insects Springtails Silverfish Insects with Complete Metamorphosis Coleoptera (beetles) Hymenoptera (bees, ants, wasps) Diptera (flies)Lepidoptera (butterflies) EGG ? LARVA ? PUPA ? ADULT Insects with Incomplete Metamorphosis Siphonaptera (fleas) Isoptera (termites) Orthoptera (grasshoppers crickets) Hemiptera (true bugs) Homoptera (cicadas hoppers) EGG ? NYMPH ? ADULT Wings NOT fully developed * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * World of Insects Characteristics, Orders, and Collecting What You Should Know About Insects … Taxonomy Kingdom – Animalia Phylum – Arthropoda Class - Insecta Insects Are Arthropods Insects are the largest group of Arthropods Jointed appendages (bendable) Segmented bodies Exoskeleton of Chitin tha