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Tehya Easterling
Tehya's Voc.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| entomology: | the study f insects and other terrestrial athropods |
| labrum: | in athropods, a mouthpart that functions as an upper lip |
| labium: | in athropods, a mouthpart that functions as a lower lip |
| typanum: | a sound-sensig membrane on the abdomen of an insect |
| ovipositor: | in many female insects, a structure that is at the end of the abdomen and that is used to lay eggs |
| metamorphosis: | a phase in the life cycle of many animals during which a rapid change from the immature organism to the adult takes place; an example is the change from larva to adult in insects |
| incomplete metamorphosis: | an animal life cycle in which the individual undergoes gradual development through several nymph stage after the egg stage ad before the adult |
| nymph: | an immature stage of some insects that is similar in function and structure to the adult |
| complete metamorphosis: | an animal life cycle in which the individual undergoes two major stages of development between the egg stage and the adult stage |
| pupa: | the immobile, nonfeeding stage between the larva and the adult of insects that have complete metamorphosis; as a pupa, the orgaism is usually enclosed in a cocoon or chrysaalis and undergoes important antomical changes |
| pheromone: | a chemical released by an animal that affects the behavior development of other members of the same species through the sense of smell or taste |
| social insect: | an insect that lives in a large community , such as an ant or a bee |
| innate behavior: | an inherited behavior that does not depend on the enivronment or experience |
| worker bee: | a bee that does not reproduce but that works for the community by collecing food and maintaining the hive |
| queen bee: | the mature, fertie female that lays eggs in a colony of bees |
| drone: | a male bee that develops from an unfertilized egg and functions only to fertilize eggs from the queen |
| royal jelly: | a high-protein substance secreted by worker bees and fed to a queen bee andd female larvae that develops into queen bees |
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