NUMBER
number of legs
What is 6?
it's feathery in a moth, looks like a "J" in a skipper and has knobs on a butterfly.
What is an antennae?
stages of complete metamorphosis
What are an egg, larvae, pupa and adult?
to blend in with its background
What is camouflage?
di
What is two?
body segments
What is 3?
long, tubular mouthpart
What is a proboscis?
stages of incomplete metamorphosis
What is an egg, nymph and adult?
Why honeybee stings hurt worse than stings from other insects.
Their stingers are barbed and their venom chamber is attached. As you try to pull the stinger out, you inject more venom into yourself.
ptera
What are wings?
sets of wings
What is 2?
name the body parts of an insect
What are the head, thorax and abdomen?
insect's molted exoskeleton
What is a cast?
when an insect that is not dangerous, toxic or foul tasting looks like an insect that is.
What is mimicry?
lepid
What is a scale?
compound eyes
yeah right, I am not counting all those. Estimation is over 1000.
the insect's foot
What is a tarsus?
The process of a pupa coming out of its protective shell.
What is eclosion?
grasshopper's stinking vomit is called this
What is tobacco juice?
odontos
What is a tooth?
number of weeks it takes for a ladybeetle to go from an egg to an adult.
What is 4?
spiracles
What are holes in the abdomen to let air into its body?
Latin meaning of metamorphosis
What is to transform?
an aphid's defense system
What are ants?
ortho
What is straight?