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Insects
Insects play a very large role in the circle of life on earth. They represent a large population of the animal kingdom. Fascinating to some,creepy to others but always present in our daily lives. Questions about any sort of bug go here.
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Useful insects:
Bees: they pollinate plants
mosquitos: their larvae feed frogs
blowflies: their larvae eat up messes from other animals (like humans)
Why are insect wings and bird wings similar?
They are actually quite different! An insects wings are a fixed shape and have an ecto-skeleton (like bones) in the outside and look very much like a leaf. Often there are two pairs together which can over-lap. A birds wing has the bones on the inside and they are hollow. The feathers spread open to increase the surface area and aid in giving "lift". There really aren't many similarities at all.
Well if you are wanting to kill a lady bug, I don't think it is going to matter if it is non-toxic or not. You can smush them with your foot. You might try one of those sticky things that hang down that you can use to catch flies with.
Mealworm beetles (darkling beetles) are prolific breeders. Mating is a three step process: 1) The male gives chase until the female relents. 2) The male then mounts the female and curls his genitals (aedagus) underneath himself and inserting it into her genital tract. 3) The male then injects the female with a packet of semen. Dependent on incubation temperature, just days after mating the female will burrow into soft ground and lay between 70 and 100 eggs. After 1 week the eggs hatch and larvae emerges. During the larva stage, mealworms will undergo repeated molting between bouts of eating various vegetation or dead insects. This takes place 10-14 times (instars) as it gets too big for its exoskeleton. During its last molt, it loses its carapace before curling into its pupal form. The mealworm remains in its pupal stage from 6 days to around 30 days (dependent on incubation temperature and overwintering). The pupa starts a creamy white colour and changes slowly to brown during its pupation stage. The newly emerged mealworm beetle will sit still as its wings unfold and dry. It will appear a creamy color, stop moving, and will slowly brown over a period of 2-7 days. Once the mealworm beetle has browned they will become sexually mature and begin to look for a mate. * Incubation: 10-11 days at 20°C; 4-6 days at 30°C * Larval period: 90-114 days (10-14 larval instars). * Pupal period: 30 days at 15°C; 9 days at 25°C; 6 days at 35°C. * Adult Stage 5 - 10 days * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mealworm
What are some natural bug repellants?
One of the most effective natural mosquito repellents available is Repel Lemon Eucalyptus. A repellent called Bite Blocker has also been proven to be an effective natural mosquito repellent. It's easy to make your own natural mosquito repellent, by mixing 10-25 drops of essential oils (cinnamon, lemon eucalyptus) with 2 tablespoons of alcohol. 2 tablespoons of a carrier oil or alcohol
Why insects can not fly although they have wings?
i think black cane beetles can't fly because there a type of spider and spiders can't fly
How are dragonflies similar to other insects?
They were both have wings.
They both can fly.
They both eat leaves.................
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Both from Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Arthropoda, and Class Insecta,
Does a dragonfly have a life cycle?
From the larva eggs to a nymph, then to an adult, they then restart the life cycle by laying eggs.
Why do a insects have six legs?
Why six, why not four or eight?
The easy answer to this question is that there is no reason why 6, and not 8 or 4; after all spiders have eight legs and land vertebrates (amphibians, lizards, mammals, birds) have four legs, so it is just an accident of evolution that the ancestor of all insects had six legs, the ancestor of spiders had eights legs and the ancestor land vertebrates had four.
Why an even number (6) why not an odd number (5 or 7)?
You may notice that all those animals mentioned above have an even number of legs (4, 6, 8) never odd (3, 5, 7). This is probably because it we are all descended from creatures that are 'bilaterally symmetrical;' that is we are symmetrical split down the middle with a head at the front of our body, pairs of limbs on each side of our body and a tail at the end of our body; and we are not descended from 'radially symmetrical' animals that are wheel-shaped or star-shaped like starfish. Maybe if starfish had evolved to walked on land they would have evolved into animals with five legs and wheel shaped bodies, but they didn't. Since we are bilaterally symmetrical, we have pairs of legs, and that odd fifth or seventh leg, where would it come from? where would it attach to? It's interesting to note that kangaroos, although they jump on two legs (and use two arms to grab things, like people), use their tail as a 'third leg' when they are creeping around slowly; some monkeys and chameleons use their tail like a hand as they climb trees as if they had 'five legs' so it is not impossible for a creature to use odd numbers of limbs to walk. It's just that all land animals that use legs evolved from creatures that were bilaterally symmetrical and so had even numbers legs arranged in pairs
What's so special about 6?
So it was an accident that insects ended up with six legs, but six is a good number and insects have several advantages from their six legs. For example, you ever tried to balance a table or stool on only two legs? or only one leg? The most stable table or stool would be a table with three legs. When people walk, we put only one foot on the ground and the other foot is moving forward; when we stand we have only two feet on the ground. That is unstable and requires constant effort not to fall over. Mammals with four legs move only leg at a time to walk and the other three are always on the ground, that is more stable, but it is a complicated process because each leg has to be controlled independently. But with six legs, insects always have three legs to stand on and three legs to move forward for that next step. That is a very stable and simple way to walk. Also, some insects don't use all six legs to walk, praying mantises use only four legs to walk (like mammals) and still have an extra pair to use as 'hands' to grab food to eat.
What is an insects scientifical name?
Arthropoda is the scientific name for the phylum containing arthropods. Insects are in the class Insecta, spiders are in the class Arachnida. (To be clear both are in different sub-phylums; Mandibulata and Chelicerata, respectively. While Insecta is also in a super-class, Hexapoda, under the sub-phylum Mandibulata. Crustacea are also Cheliceratas.)
Does one human a year eat a pound of bugs?
People in America consume about 2 pounds (for us Brits 4.4 kilograms) of what is so called as "dirt" by the processing food industries. "dirt" can be anything that is not considered edible-actual dirt, bugs, insects, and rats even. There is a story from someone i know that told me that they worked in a company that made lemon pies. A rat got into one of the big tanks of lemon filling. He called his boss asking if he should remove the creature but his boss told him to leave it in because they were allowed to have 2 pounds of dirt a year. So that rat was ground up and mixed into the lemon pie filling..."very appetizing".
What are two ways in which an earthworm's body is adapted to life in soil?
An earthworm's body is adapted to life in the soil by having a slender body and by digesting soil. The long body makes it easier to burrow. Also, by just digesting the soil and passing it through the anus the worm can get nourishment while just moving.
The lovebug is a fly native to the Gulf coast of North and Central America. The maggots eat rotting vegetation and the adults eat nectar.
Why do insects lay eggs near or on food?
Insects lay their eggs on or near food, so when the babies hatch they wont be hungry and can grow faster. Insects want their babies to grow faster so they have a short period of many predators for their babies (which most carnivorous insects eat) and the adults have much fewer predators. a shorter period of predators for their offspring means they have a much more likely chance to survive.
3 parts water 1 part turpentine. do not breath. spray in pm right before dew sets..
What are the white bugs in grass?
various type of ground beetles will hunt them along with the larvae of fire flies(lightning bugs)
What bug can lay dormant under paint?
No insect can survive being painted over. Head louse can lay eggs on your head, but a good wash will get rid of them. They were more of a problem in the time before (or the areas without) shampoo. ^^
What is the symbiosis between gall insect and oak tree?
give me a symbiotic relationship with a plant found in a temperate decduous forest with another plant or animal
Why birds and insects the best agents of pollination?
Birds and insects are the best agent of pollination because they can fly and reach the flower. Most animals animals can't fly and so huge to pollinate the pollen. Birds and insects can fit in the flower.
