https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31 Made with a bold sensibility en-us 2022-01-31 15:57:11 UTC 2022-02-21 04:50:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f41e.png iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2021600460 2022-01-31 16:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2021600460 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2021608915 2022-01-31 16:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2021608915 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2021614316 2022-01-31 16:05:48 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2021614316 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2021618834 2022-01-31 16:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2021618834 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2021629488 2022-01-31 16:11:34 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2021629488 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2029681736 an exoskeleton, bi-lateral symmetry, jointed appendages, segmented bodies, and specialized appendages]]> 2022-02-04 15:57:39 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2029681736 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2029684721 Arthros: joint
Podium: foot]]> 2022-02-04 15:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2029684721 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2029687005 Arthropods are invertebrates: an animal lacking a backbone. Invertebrate have exoskeletons which are a rigid external covering for the body for protection and support.]]> 2022-02-04 16:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2029687005 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2029694243 2022-02-04 16:04:40 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2029694243 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2029699869 The phylum Arthropoda is commonly divided into four subphyla of extant forms: Chelicerata (arachnids), Crustacea (crustaceans), Hexapoda (insects and springtails), and Myriapoda (millipedes and centipedes).]]> 2022-02-04 16:07:56 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2029699869 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2029700413 elongated and metameric with one pair of legs per body segment. They have long antennae and their first pair of legs is modified into venomous claws to help them capture and paralyze their prey.]]> 2022-02-04 16:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2029700413 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2029716817 a class of myriapod arthropods which comprises the centipedes.]]> 2022-02-04 16:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2029716817 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2029722959 2022-02-04 16:20:30 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2029722959 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2029726867 2022-02-04 16:22:24 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2029726867 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046543154 species with elongated, cylindrical bodies with many segments, and with two pairs of jointed appendages on each body segment except the first few and the last.

Unlike the similar and closely related centipedes (Class Chilopoda), which are fast-moving and predatory, millipedes are detritivores, slow, and nonvenomous.]]> 2022-02-14 15:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046543154 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046557429 Diplopoda: double foot
Myriapoda: myriad foot]]> 2022-02-14 15:53:29 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046557429 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046566486 2022-02-14 15:57:17 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046566486 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046567896 2022-02-14 15:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046567896 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046596002  have three regions to the body (head, thorax and abdomen). In some forms these are not clear in the adult. They usually have a number of pairs of legs on the thorax. Some have a small number - e.g. crabs have four pairs. Generally, the abdomen also has limbs which are often involved in locomotion.]]> 2022-02-14 16:09:24 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046596002 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046600292 Barnacles.
Mantis Shrimps.
Prawns & Shrimps.
Cleaning Shrimps & allies.
Lobsters & Spiny Crayfish.
Mud & Coral 'Lobsters'
Hermit Crabs, Squat Lobsters & allies.
Crabs.]]> 2022-02-14 16:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046600292 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046605372 2022-02-14 16:13:20 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046605372 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046606763 2022-02-14 16:13:56 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046606763 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046609900 have two regions to the body. The front (or anterior) part is called the cephalothorax or prosoma. The rear (posterior) part is called the abdomen or opisthosoma. There are four pairs of walking legs on the prosoma in adult arachnids (but larval mites only have three pairs).]]> 2022-02-14 16:15:15 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046609900 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046612886 Spiders
Mites
Ticks]]> 2022-02-14 16:16:28 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046612886 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046617406 2022-02-14 16:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046617406 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046618089 2022-02-14 16:18:37 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2046618089 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057652502 2022-02-20 20:49:31 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057652502 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057677814 Two pairs of wings of similar size and have a dark mark, or pterostigma, near the tip of each. Long and slender abdomens, Large heads. Very large compound eyes and Small, hair-like antennae.]]> 2022-02-20 21:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057677814 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057680854 Hypognathous (Hypo – Below: Gnathous – Jaw )
Orthopteroid type.. Eg: Grass hopper, Cockroach.
Prognathous : (Pro – infront: Gnathous – Jaw )
This is also kwown as Coleopteroid type..Eg: beetles.

]]> 2022-02-20 21:33:34 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057680854 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057681345 prothorax, mesothorax, and metathorax]]> 2022-02-20 21:34:25 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057681345 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057709277 2022-02-20 22:24:06 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057709277 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057709917 2022-02-20 22:25:19 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057709917 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057717121 2022-02-20 22:39:53 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057717121 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057717819 2022-02-20 22:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057717819 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057718249 2022-02-20 22:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057718249 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057720286 Mantids are medium to large insects (10 - 200mm) with large raptorial (adapted for the seizing prey) fore legs. The fore legs have rows of spines along the femur and tibia and these are used to grasp prey. Mantids have a very mobile head that is triangular in shape. They have two very large compound eyes]]> 2022-02-20 22:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057720286 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057721475 2022-02-20 22:47:00 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057721475 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057722295 Insects have three pairs of legs (6 individual legs).]]> 2022-02-20 22:48:48 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057722295 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057725398 Most insects have two pairs of wings. ]]> 2022-02-20 22:51:59 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057725398 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057725647 2022-02-20 22:52:30 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057725647 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057734455 2022-02-20 23:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057734455 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057737328 Insects take in Oxygen and expel Carbon Dioxide using a series of internal air tubes, the tracheae. These pass fine branches, the tracheoles, to all parts of the body. From the main trunks, tracheoles pass throughout the body. The tracheae open to the air at the paired spiracles. In most insects there is one pair per segment in the thorax and also in the first nine abdominal segments.]]> 2022-02-20 23:13:46 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057737328 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057737617 Most insects have two types of eyes, simple and compound. A simple eye is a very small eye made of just one lens. Compound eyes are the large, bulging eyes on each side of an insect's head, made of many (sometimes thousands) small lenses. Each contains a lens and a cone that funnels light to a photosensitive organ kind of like human eyes.]]> 2022-02-20 23:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057737617 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057737695 2022-02-20 23:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057737695 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057743485 Insects have one pair of antennae. The antennae are often called 'feelers' because the insect waves them around. This is a wrong name because they are not only used for touch. The antennae are actually the insects 'nose' - they are used for the sense of smell. There are 9 common types of antennae: filiform, setaceous, moniliform, serrate, pectinate, clavate, lamellate, geniculate, and plumose.]]> 2022-02-20 23:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057743485 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057757426 2022-02-20 23:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057757426 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057760044 2022-02-20 23:55:41 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057760044 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057762032 Labrum - a cover which may be loosely referred to as the upper lip.
Mandibles - hard, powerful cutting jaws.
Maxillae - 'pincers' which are less powerful than the mandibles. They are used to steady and manipulate the food. They have a five segmented palp which is sensory and often concerned with taste.
Labium - the lower cover, often referred to as the lower lip. It actually represents the fused pair of ancestral second maxillae. They have a three segmented palp which is also sensory.
Hypopharynx - a tongue-like structure in the floor of the mouth. The salivary glands discharge saliva through it.]]> 2022-02-20 23:58:31 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057762032 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057762528 Honey bee - the mandibles are very small and suitable for moulding wax, the labium is curved downwards and inwards forming a tube used for sucking up nectar.

]]> 2022-02-20 23:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057762528 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057763098 Butterflies and Moths - the mandibles have disappeared altogether. The maxillae are elongate, channelled along their surfaces and held together by hooks and spines to form a sucking tube. This proboscis may be very long, when not in use is carried coiled up like a watch spring under the head.]]> 2022-02-21 00:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057763098 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057763522 Diving beetle larvae - have a piercing and sucking arrangement. The mandibles are each curved over to form an almost closed groove along their inner surface. The prey is caught and pierced by the mandibles. Digestive juices are pumped down the groove. The food is made into a liquid. This semi-digested soup is sucked back up again through the groove.]]> 2022-02-21 00:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057763522 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057763983 True bugs - these also have a piercing and sucking arrangement. The labium is elongated and acts as a sheath. This encloses the mandibles and maxillae which are modified as stylets for piercing. The maxillae have two tubes running along their length on the inside surface. 'Saliva' may be pumped down one of the tubes. This saliva makes the food into a liquid. The liquified food is sucked up the other tube.]]> 2022-02-21 00:01:49 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057763983 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057764347 House-fly - the proboscis shows a capillary mechanism. The labium is elongated and forms two lobes at the tip. These lobes have a series of fine tubes (pseudotracheae). The hypopharynx runs down the proboscis and digestive juices pass down this onto the food. The food is made into a liquid by these juices. This liquid is then drawn up the pseudotracheae by capillary action.]]> 2022-02-21 00:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057764347 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057765650 ????? Are they all the same???]]> 2022-02-21 00:04:40 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057765650 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057765787 2022-02-21 00:04:50 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057765787 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057767176 2022-02-21 00:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057767176 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057768845 Metamorphosis is the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.

]]> 2022-02-21 00:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057768845 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057772570 a change in body form with three stages: egg, nymph, and adult. Nymph: young stage of insects that undergo a partial metamorphosis; similar to the adult except that wings are not fully developed. Cockroaches and Capsid Bugs are two insects that go through this.]]> 2022-02-21 00:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057772570 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057774671 The type of insect development that includes egg, larva, pupal, and adult stages, which differ greatly in morphology. The lifecycle of butterflies, ants, fleas, bees, beetles, moths, and wasps are examples of the complete metamorphosis.]]> 2022-02-21 00:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057774671 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057776333 2022-02-21 00:19:47 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057776333 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057777726 2022-02-21 00:21:34 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057777726 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057780870 We need classification because names differ across countries and there are often multiple kinds of each named insect (ex: dragonfly, beetle). Another problem is that animals that are rarely or never seen won't have an everyday name. Classification creates unique names for each insect and shows how they are related to each other.]]> 2022-02-21 00:25:29 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057780870 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057783073 A group of closely related species. The genus name is written first and begins with a capital letter. The specific (or species) name is written second. It does not have a capital letter. Sometimes the species is named after someone. In these cases, the name may begin with a capital letter. The words used for the names were generally in Latin, the language of science and learning at the time. To make it stand out, the name was underlined when written. When typesetting a book, the printer will put underlined words into italics.]]> 2022-02-21 00:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057783073 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057785145  The binomial system of naming species uses Latin words. Each name has two parts, the genus, and the species. The binomial system is important because it allows scientists to accurately identify individual species. The Latin for 2 is "bi" (e.g. a bicycle has 2 wheels). A Latin term for name is "nome". If these two words are put together, we have the word "binomial". Hence, the two-name system devised by von Linné became known as the "Binomial naming system".]]> 2022-02-21 00:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057785145 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057788757 The common name refers to the colloquial name of a taxon or species. It is the name known to the general public or is based on any language other than that of zoological nomenclature (latin). It is different from the scientific name, which is the name assigned to a species and is based on the system of binomial system.]]> 2022-02-21 00:33:01 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057788757 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057789549 2022-02-21 00:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057789549 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057791644 2022-02-21 00:36:12 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057791644 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057792770 Broad-winged Damselflies are given their name because their wings are not abruptly narrowed or stalked near the base, as are the wings of other damselflies. The body color of these damselflies is often metallic. The eyes are black in males and brown in females. They have a skipping flight similar to that of butterflies.]]> 2022-02-21 00:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057792770 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057796902 The Jewelwings (genus Calopteryx) have iridescent bodies which usually appear green but have blue reflections at certain angles. The males lack stigmas and the females have white stigmas. The Jewelwings are the only North American damselflies with a courtship display.]]> 2022-02-21 00:42:03 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057796902 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057797435 2022-02-21 00:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057797435 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057799447 They are sound-producing insects (order Homoptera) that have two pairs of membranous wings, prominent compound eyes, and three simple eyes (ocelli). Cicadas are medium to large in size, ranging from 2 to 5 cm (0.8 to 2 inches).]]> 2022-02-21 00:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057799447 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057801688 Cicadas have been used in folk medicines, as religious and monetary symbols, and as an important source of food. Their song once was considered to forecast weather changes. In China, male cicadas were caged for their song. The cicada appears in the mythology, literature, and music of many cultures, including that of the Native Americans.]]> 2022-02-21 00:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057801688 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057803028 2022-02-21 00:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057803028 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057806093 slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Different thrips species feed mostly on plants by puncturing and sucking up the contents, although a few are predators. Many thrips species are pests of commercially important crops. A few species serve as vectors for over 20 viruses that cause plant disease, especially the Tospoviruses. \]]> 2022-02-21 00:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057806093 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057807450 The first recorded mention of thrips is from the 17th century and a sketch was made by Philippo Bonanni, a Catholic priest, in 1691. Some species of thrips are beneficial as pollinators or as predators of other insects or mites. In the right conditions, such as in greenhouses.]]> 2022-02-21 00:54:02 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057807450 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057807596 2022-02-21 00:54:12 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057807596 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057808413 2022-02-21 00:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057808413 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057809077 2022-02-21 00:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057809077 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057810854 2022-02-21 00:57:52 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057810854 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057813533 Crickets vary in length from 3 to 50 mm (0.12 to 2 inches). They have thin antennae, hind legs modified for jumping, three-jointed tarsal (foot) segments, and two slender abdominal sensory appendages (called cerci). The two forewings are stiff and leathery, and the two long, membranous hind wings are used in flying. Male crickets produce musical chirping sounds by rubbing a scraper located on one forewing along a row of about 50 to 250 teeth on the opposite forewing.]]> 2022-02-21 01:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057813533 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057814776 They are used as fish bait in some countries and are also used in biology laboratories. Gryllus is often referred to in poetry and prose.]]> 2022-02-21 01:01:53 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057814776 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057815018 2022-02-21 01:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057815018 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057816655 Honey Bees have a hard outer shell called an exoskeleton and three main body parts: head, thorax, abdomen. They also have a pair of antennae that are attached to their head, as well as, three pairs of legs used for walking.]]> 2022-02-21 01:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057816655 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057818360 All honey bees are social insects and live together in nests or hives. The honeybee is remarkable for the dancing movements it performs in the hive to communicate information to its fellow bees about the location, distance, size, and quality of a particular food source in the surrounding area.]]> 2022-02-21 01:05:28 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057818360 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057818550 2022-02-21 01:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057818550 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057820415 2022-02-21 01:07:47 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057820415 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057990370 2022-02-21 03:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2057990370 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058004348 Beetles belong to the Endopterygota or insects having a complete metamorphosis, with a distinct pupal stage between the larval and sexually mature adult stages. A high proportion of beetle species are able to fly and these possess two pairs of wings. In most species, the forewings or elytra consist of a pair of hard shells that protect the membranous hind wings which are normally folded away but hinge outwards during flight. Flightless species may have reduced hindwings concealed beneath normal elytra or sometimes the elytra are fused together with no hindwings at all.]]> 2022-02-21 03:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058004348 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058011539 During their short adult lives, male stag beetles spend their days sunning themselves to gather strength for the evening’s activities of flying in search of a mate. This is when you’re most likely to spot them.]]> 2022-02-21 03:58:47 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058011539 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058011878 2022-02-21 03:59:04 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058011878 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058012156 2022-02-21 03:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058012156 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058043882 The scientific name of the order, Lepidoptera, is derived from one of their main characteristics, namely their having wings covered in tiny scales (from the Greek lepidos = scale and pteron = wing). They have 4 wings, 6 legs, 2 antennae. There is no real distinction between butterflies and moths. However, in general, butterflies are day flying, whilst moths fly mainly at night. ]]> 2022-02-21 04:26:50 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058043882 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058044016 2022-02-21 04:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058044016 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058044817 2022-02-21 04:27:41 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058044817 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058048967 The Luna Moth are considered one of the most spiritual and mystical of Spirit Guides. To meet one is a special gift, for when she is in her adult moth stage she only lives for approximately one week. While living through their adult moth life they do not eat, for they have no mouth.]]> 2022-02-21 04:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058048967 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058049423 2022-02-21 04:31:57 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058049423 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058056062 They have four wings. The muscles that operate the forewings are well developed and situated in the mid-section of the insect's thorax. Together, the relatively powerful forewings and the halteres enable these insects to perform amazing feats of flying and combined with the claws and pads on their feet they can even fly and land easily on ceilings.]]> 2022-02-21 04:38:01 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058056062 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058057724 2022-02-21 04:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058057724 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058060396 The Housefly Musca domestica is not a blood feeder, but because it isn't fussy where it goes to suck up liquids, it can transmit disease by feasting one minute on putrefying flesh or dung, and the next on sweet things on the kitchen table.]]> 2022-02-21 04:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058060396 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058060884 2022-02-21 04:42:24 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058060884 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058062759 2022-02-21 04:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058062759 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058065252 This is probably my favorite insect because my dad and I would find them in the backyard when I was little. He would also call me "Bug" referring to a ladybug, as a nickname, sometimes he still does :) They are also just all-around so cool! They eat aphids which are nasty pests and they are just so bright and beautiful. I also would catch and bring these little guys to the kids I taught this summer and I taught them to love them and be gentle with them and want to learn more about bugs!]]> 2022-02-21 04:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058065252 iverylibby https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058068346 https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/facts/ladybug]]> 2022-02-21 04:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/iverylibby/ohplvpt8utangi31/wish/2058068346