"outside skeleton"
exoskeleton
eye that have multiple lenses
compound eyes
a weevil's prominent snout
rostrum
another name for the lightning bug
firefly
when an arthropod outgrows and sheds its exoskeleton
molting
important sensory organ located on an insects head
antennae
largest order of insects
Coleoptera
Which insect body part begins after the last pair of legs
abdomen
the only invertebrates that can fly
insects
name the 3 body parts of an insect
head, thorax, abdomen
order that contains mosquitos, flies, and gnats
Diptera
an insects egg-laying organ
ovipositor
an immature form of an insect that resembles the adult
nymph
an insects paired side-to-side jaws
mandibles
"same wings"
Homoptera
intake and outflow openings of insects (respiratory tubes)
spiracles
"the World's Greatest Entomologist"
Jean Henry Fabre
an insects upper lip
labrum
true bugs - "half wings"
Hemiptera
Paired jaws that assist the mandibles
maxillae