The Insects: Structure and FunctionThe head, ingestion and utilisation of the food. The thorax and movement. The abdomen, reproduction and development. The cuticle, respiration and excretion. The nervous and sensory systems. The blood, hormones and pheromones. |
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abdomen abdominal segments activity adult amino acids antennae Apis articulation axons become behaviour blood Calliphora cavity cells changes chorion Coleoptera colour concentration contraction corpora corpora allata coxa cuticle cytoplasm Diagram diapause diet digestion Diptera distal dorsal Drosophila eggs enzymes epidermis epithelium fat body feeding female fibres filaments flight muscles fluid frequency function ganglion glands glucose haemocoel haemolymph hairs hatching Heteroptera hind wings hindgut hormone Hymenoptera increase inhibition insects instance instar larvae layer legs Lepidoptera lobe locusts longitudinal muscles male Malpighian tubules membrane mesothorax metabolism midgut moult movement nerve nervous neurosecretory normal nucleus occur Odonata oocyte organs Orthoptera ovarioles oviposition oxygen Periplaneta pheromone pigment posterior probably produced protein pupa pupal receptors rectum result Rhodnius Schistocerca sclerites sclerotised secretion sensilla Snodgrass species sperm spermatophore spiracles sternum stimulation substance surface temperature tergum thorax tibia tissues trachea tracheal system usually veins ventral vesicles Wigglesworth yolk