Insects which are not beneficial to mankind

The science concerned with the study of insects

These kinds eyes are typically found on insects and cannot see shapes, but can tell light from dark.

An insect's chewing mouth parts.

This type of wings is often colorful and covered with tiny plated layers that form a fine powder when rubbed.

Small appendages at the very tip of the abdomen in many insects, which are like feelers, but often look like pincers.

The tiny feelers an insect has near its mouth to touch and taste food.

The scientific name for a foot.

The end segment of an insect's body.

A device found on the end of a male insect used to hold the female during mating.

The left over material from an insect's molted exoskeleton, which looks like a shell of the insect.

The feelers on an insect's head which function like its nose.

The long tubular flexible mouth part found on butterflies and flies.

Tiny wing-like structures on a fly that are used for balance.

Very small openings on the insect's abdomen that let air into its body.

A shaft on the end of the abdomen of female insects, used to lay eggs.

Most insects have this kind of eyes, enabling them to see out of many different lenses, which together form one image.

Chemical messages that insects release to communicate with other insects.

Sharp, piercing tools on the mouthpart of an insect which cut into the food source, such as a mosquito uses to penetrate flesh.

This type of wings is thin, often clear, and has veins running through it.

A scientist who specializes in the study of animals.

The science dealing with describing, identifying, naming, grouping, and classifying living things.

A stiff hair, bristle, or bristlelike process or part on an organism.

The process by which insects draw in oxygen through small pores called spiracles.

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Zoology Vocabulary

Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day

Question	Answer
Pests	Insects which are not beneficial to mankind
Entomology	The science concerned with the study of insects
Simple Eyes	These kinds eyes are typically found on insects and cannot see shapes, but can tell light from dark.
Mandibles	An insect's chewing mouth parts.
Thorax	The insect's midsection.
Scaled	This type of wings is often colorful and covered with tiny plated layers that form a fine powder when rubbed.
Cerci	Small appendages at the very tip of the abdomen in many insects, which are like feelers, but often look like pincers.
Larvae	Young insects,
Palps	The tiny feelers an insect has near its mouth to touch and taste food.
Tarsus	The scientific name for a foot.
Abdomen	The end segment of an insect's body.
Clasper	A device found on the end of a male insect used to hold the female during mating.
Cast	The left over material from an insect's molted exoskeleton, which looks like a shell of the insect.
Antennae	The feelers on an insect's head which function like its nose.
Proboscis	The long tubular flexible mouth part found on butterflies and flies.
Halteres	Tiny wing-like structures on a fly that are used for balance.
Spiracles	Very small openings on the insect's abdomen that let air into its body.
Ovipositor	A shaft on the end of the abdomen of female insects, used to lay eggs.
Compound Eyes	Most insects have this kind of eyes, enabling them to see out of many different lenses, which together form one image.
Pheromones	Chemical messages that insects release to communicate with other insects.
Stylets	Sharp, piercing tools on the mouthpart of an insect which cut into the food source, such as a mosquito uses to penetrate flesh.
Membranous	This type of wings is thin, often clear, and has veins running through it.
Entomologists	Scientists who study insects.
Zoology	The study of animals.
Zoologist	A scientist who specializes in the study of animals.
Taxonomy	The science dealing with describing, identifying, naming, grouping, and classifying living things.
Setae	A stiff hair, bristle, or bristlelike process or part on an organism.
Passive Breathing	The process by which insects draw in oxygen through small pores called spiracles.

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