Insects

the bug that can taste with its legs are called a crane fly

Insects and Lobsters

Squeezing any animal in the thorax would create distress. Since insects breathe through their skeleton squeezing them in the thorax does not interfere with breathing. However, squeezing the insect could kill it.

Insects don't have tentacles.

Octopuses do. They have 8.

A common house fly is a very small animal. In order to get an accurate measurement, you would have to use millimeters.

Yes, their bite contains a small amount of venom to paralyze their prey, which are small insects (usually ants). They rarely bite humans, and in cases where they do, the sting is normally harmless, similar to a bee sting, and wears off in a few hours.

Insects do not sink because of their size and weight. They are lighter than the water and are tiny so that what keeps them above the water. The way they move and swim also keeps them above the water.

Yes, rollie pollies, also known as pill bugs or woodlice, do mate. They are terrestrial crustaceans that reproduce sexually. They engage in mating behavior to produce offspring.

Turn on your porch light after sunset, and you will be treated to an aerial display by dozens, if not hundreds, of bugs. Artificial lights attract moths, flies, crane flies, mayflies, beetles, and all sorts of other insects. I often find frogs and other insect predators hanging around my porch at night, taking advantage of the easy pickings.

Unfortunately for the insects, their attraction to artificial light is a cruel trick caused by our innovation moving faster than their evolution. Night flying insects evolved to navigate by the light of the moon. By keeping the moon's reflected light at a constant angle, the insects can maintain a steady flight path and a straight course.

Artificial lights interfere with an insect's ability to detect the moonlight. They appear brighter, and radiate their light in multiple directions. Once an insect flies close enough to a light bulb, it attempts to navigate by way of the artificial light, rather than the moon.

Since the light bulb radiates light on all sides, the insect simply cannot keep the light source at a constant angle, as it does with the moon. It attempts to navigate a straight path, but ends up caught in an endless spiral dance around the bulb.

Some scientists believe light pollution is leading to a decline in certain insects. Fireflies, for example, have difficulty identifying the flashes of other fireflies where artificial lights are present.

Palaeodictyoptera do not have six wings, the extra appendages are known as prothoracic paranotal lobes and are basically chitinous plates which may have been used by these prehistoric insects to stabilise flight profiles.

Fruitfly, scientifc name Drosophila melanogaster (dew-loving black-belly), is a model organism used in biological studies. Since they are small, easy to reproduce, has a decoded genome and has many mutant strains, it is most oftenly used in genetics and molecular biology studies involving a model multicellular eukaryotic organism. Other model organisms include Arabidopsis thaliana, a model multicellular plant, zebrafish, a model fish, rats and mice, model mammals, Escherichia coli, a model bacteria, saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast), a model unicellular eukaryote, and T4 phage, a model virus.

The question is not "Where are the insects?" but rather "Are they disappearing?" In New England where I have lived for 50 years, the answer is yes. Car windshields and grills are clean most of the summer. We used to have to vacuum moths and other insects from between the screens of our house windows. Not now. Porch lights used to besurrounded by many varieties of interesting moths and we would love to look at the window screens and door screens to see these beautiful creatures. The hundreds of butterflies that used to fly like winged flowers in the meadows during my childhood are gone. Bird species are fast diminishing as well.

Last year I spoke to a young man who had driven coast to coast without having serious bug juice on his windshield. I have walked around parking lots inspecting cars (do this yourself) throughout the northeast and I see the same thing: Clean windshields, clean grills. This is very troubling.

Here in Dallas, TX my fruit trees and flowering shrubs are blooming, but there are no pollinators yet. There are no insects at all, that I have seen outside for several days, that I can remember. I am not sure if there is some poisoning here in Frisco, north of Dallas, or if there has just been a die back from the last warm spell hatching of insects, and the pollinators haven't come out yet for the spring.

Hemimetabolous insects have a gradual change from larva to adult and the larva resembles the adult it will become. Holometabgolous insects have a pupal instar and the larva does not resemble the adult.

Decapods are part of the arthropod family that has animals that have 10 legs. These animals include hermit crabs, porcelain crabs, and lobsters.

To catch fireflies in a jar, wait until dusk when they are most active. Approach them slowly and gently scoop them up into a jar. Be sure to poke holes in the lid of the jar for ventilation and release them back into the wild after observing them for a short period.

Yes, wings are found in insects, but not in chelicerates such as spiders and scorpions. Chelicerates have evolved a different body plan that does not include wings for flight.

the male slowworm is darker then the female. the female is brighter underneth then the male sloworm.

it is called pollen.

You do see them, but you don't notice. Their beaks are slightly flatter and wider than an adult's and for the first week or two after leaving the nest, the feathers around the base of the beak are bristly and lay back along the face. You may occasionally see one begging a parent to feed it - it will normally run after the parent, quivering its wings and sqeaking - hence the name for a very young pigeon, just feathered - a squeaker. During their first week of life baby pigeons are fed a high-fat, high-protein diet of crop milk produced by both parents. They grow very fast. In the case of domestic/feral pigeons, they walk well at about 18 days of age and start exercising their wings about a week later. But because they have been regularly fed by the adults and haven't done much exercising, the babies are often bigger than their parents by the time they start to fly, which is on average 30 to 32 days after hatching. Many other species of pigeons will rear their young to independance in under 3 weeks.

Insects communicate through pheromones, which are chemical signals that convey messages about mating, finding food, and marking territories. They also use sound or vibrations, such as chirping or drumming, to communicate with other insects of the same species. Visual signals, like body movements or color changes, can also be important for communication. Lastly, tactile communication, such as touching or grooming, can convey information between insects.

Silverfish do not make any kind of noise at all. They are very quiet, they do not bite, cause little damage, and are afraid of people.

Insects first came on land around 400 million years ago. They evolved from aquatic arthropods, specifically from a group of crustaceans known as branchiopods. This transition allowed insects to thrive in various terrestrial environments and eventually become one of the most diverse groups of animals on Earth.

: The two main methods of nutrition are autotrophic and heterotrophic. These are further divided into different types as follows:

Autotrophic nutrition
In this type, the organisms synthesize their own food. It is of two types:
1) Photoautotrophic - The source of energy is sunlight.
2) Chemoautotrophic - The source of energy are the chemicals.

Heterotrophic nutrition
In this type, the organisms are directly or indirectly dependant on the autotrophs. It is of the following types:

1) Holozoic - The organisms ingest food and then digest, absorb and assimilate it.
2) Saprotrophic - The orgainsms feed on dead plants and animals digesting them before feeding.
3) Symbiotic - The association between dissimilar individuals. May be
4) Mutualistic - where both the partners benefit.
5) Parasitic - where one partner benefits and the other is harmed.
6) Commensalism - where one partner benefits and the other is not affected

Gnats are actually not attracted to any particular color. Contrary to popular belief, they are strongly attracted to carbon dioxide.

Some flying insects that start with the letter A are ants, aphids, and alderflies.