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17 Cards in this Set
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Tracheae
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Tiny tubules in insects and some arachnids that carry air for respiration
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Spiracles
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Small pores in and insects body that function in breathing
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Malpighian Tubules
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Numerous threadlike tubules in insects that extract wastes from the blood and empty them into the intestines.
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Tympanum
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A membrane-covered chamber in the first abdominal segment
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Compound Eyes
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Eyes composed of many individual lenses
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Ovipositor
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A pointed extension formed off the last segment of a female's abdomen, used to deposit eggs.
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Incomplete Metamorphosis
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The line of development followed by such land insects: grasshoppers, cicada, and true bugs. (egg, nymph and adult)
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Nymph
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Hatches from egg, looks like a miniture, oddly proportioned adult. No wings and it isn't sexually mature yet.
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Naiad
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The immature stage, of an insect, that lives in water
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Complete Metamorphosis
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The process of development followed by almost 90% of all insects. (egg, larva, pupa and adults)
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Orthoptera
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"Straight Wing", grasshoppers, crickets, etc.
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Coleoptera
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"Sheath Wing", Beetles and Weevils
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Diptera
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"Two Wings", Flies, Mosquitos and Gnats
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Lepidoptera
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"Scale Wing", Butterflies, Moths
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Hymenoptera
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"Membranous Wing", Bees, Ants and Wasps
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Gastric Cece
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Finger-shaped organs attached to an insects stomach that secrete enzymes for digestion of foods.
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Salivary Glands
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Glands that secrete a fluid to moisten food before it gets digested.
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