The Insects |
Contents
The place of insects in nature | 3 |
The diversity of insects | 24 |
Part two Form and function | 41 |
The outside | 43 |
Flight | 53 |
The inside | 65 |
Reproduction and development | 75 |
Sense organs and behavior | 83 |
Insects and other animals | 116 |
Insects versus insects | 120 |
Insect life in the water | 126 |
Part four Parade of the insects | 131 |
Insects without wings | 133 |
Primitive winged insects | 141 |
Is A specialized sideline | 159 |
Conclusion | 265 |
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abdomen abundant adapted adult American animals antennae ants aphids appendages Apterygota aquatic armor arthropods become bees beetles behavior biology biting blood body bugs butterflies caterpillars cells cerci chelicerae cicada cockroaches colony colored compound eyes cuticle digestive tract Diptera dragonflies eggs Entomology feed female flies flight flowers fossil front legs front wings function gall grasshopper ground grubs hairs Hemiptera hind wings hive honeybee host housefly Hymenoptera inside jaws larvae Lepidoptera lice live male mammals mandibles mantids mating mature maxillae mayflies membrane metamorphosis molt mosquitoes moths mouthparts muscles nectar nest North America ocelli Orthoptera ovipositor pair parasites plant pollen predators prey primitive produced pupa queen reproduction segments sense organs skin sometimes species of insects spiders sting stoneflies strepsipterans structure suborder surface termites thorax thousand species tissues tracheal tube usually wasps wing covers winged insects wingless workers young