Insects

Some of the plants that grow in the marine biome include kelp, seaweed, and sea wacks. There are also insects found in the marine biome and they include sea skaters and midges.

Not only land insects have such a coating; in fact water insects such as whirligig beetles and giant water beetles have such a thick and oily wax coating that they are almost too slippery to handle. They need their slippery coating partly to let them slip smoothly through the water and live in the water in much the same way as land insects can live on land. The wax layer of water insects is largely to protect them from the water and it does so better than a layer of Teflon could, resisting wetting for months on end, even though the insects never leave the water. The reason it can do that is that, unlike a Teflon layer, the waxy layer is constantly renewed.

People speak of a waxy layer, and in some insects, especially desert insects, the layer is in fact solid wax, almost like the wax of a candle, although it is chemically somewhat different. (In case you were wondering about the chemistry, it is not an alkane, like candle wax, but mainly a mix of esters of long-chain fatty acids and long-chain fatty alcohols. It is not pure though, but intimately connected to proteins and other materials of the insect's cuticle.) However, in some insects, especially those living in places that are not dusty and are cool and often moist, the waxy coating is oily rather than solid. Examples of such insects include cockroaches and some kinds of termites.

Water insects use their waxy layer to repel water, much as a raincoat does for humans. That way they can control the rate at which they otherwise might take up too much water. Thirst can kill, but too much water also can kill.

For land insects however, loss of water is far more important. Their waxy layer, which in most species is so thin that it takes special microscopic techniques to be able to see it at all, serves mainly to prevent the insect from losing its water by drying out.

Remember that insects are much smaller than humans are, so they have a very small amount of body material for each bit of skin. A beetle about as big as a fingernail has about 240 times as much skin for its mass as a human does, so it needs to avoid losing water through its skin about 240 times as carefully. Otherwise in dry air it would die of parching in a matter of minutes, rather than hours.

Also remember that insects are arthropods, like spiders, scorpions, woodlice and so on. Each of these has its own protection from drying out, but it seems likely that the insects' wax layer is more effective and resists higher temperatures than those of most other arthropods. Some zoologists think that their wax layer is one of the main evolutionary advantages that permitted insects to be so successful compared to other arthropods.

Certainly it is true that anything that seriously damages the waxy epicuticle is a serious problem for an insect. If the damage is not too serious most insects, especially long lived insects, like termite queens, can mend the damage; some very effective insecticides however, are totally nonpoisonous - they simply are powders that scratch or soak up the epicuticle waxes. The insects parch to death fairly quickly in dry air. Some people think that the reason that birds take dust baths is that the dust kills birdlice and other parasites in that way.

Entomologist study all types of insects.

I think it matters based on the bee, but I'm 85% sure that for an average bee it is one

If it crawls into your nose, your body will eventually sneeze it out. There is a reflex mechanism that does this automatically. If you don't sneeze it out, you'll end up swallowing it along with all the other mucus you swallow you regularly, which amounts to about a quart/liter per day.

All insects have six legs and three body sections.

Anything not fitting this pattern is not strictly an insect, for example, eight legs and two body section (spider) is an arachnid.

Arthropods are ectothermic, meaning they rely on external sources to regulate their body temperature. They can engage in behaviors like basking in the sun to warm up or seeking shade to cool down. Some arthropods also have physiological adaptations to help them regulate their body temperature, such as changing the color of their exoskeleton to absorb or reflect heat.

The easiest way to identify a male from a female is that males will have very visible testicles. All you need to do is look. If there are none, you have a female. The exception to this is very young mice, still with the mother. In this case, you will need to compare the mice side by side until you get a better visual feel for it, because the only difference is that the distance from their urinal opening (it looks like a small triangular shape, almost like a nipple or small penis tip) to their anus (at the base of the tale) is longer in males than it is in females.

Yes, they are carnivores because they eat other creatures

There are hundreds of thousands of species of insects. However, some insect males are called bulls, boars, and bucks. Some do not have specific gender names.

The collection and study of insects is called entomology, and those who specialise in the collection and study of butterflies are termed lepidopterists. Entomologists are usually professional scholars who specialise in the subject, whereas the term lepidopterist can be used to describe a professional or amateur butterfly collector.

around here it is the Northern pine beetle.

It functions as an Acetylcholine antagonists. Acetylcholine was the first neurotransmitter to be discovered. A nicotinic antagonist inhibits Acetylcholine's receptors.

yes it does have a sucking mouth like your mom

A silver fish's diet is composed of carbohydrates such as sugar and starches.

Dreams of cats have multiple meanings. Cats are known as familiars, and are our escorts into the unconscious. To a woman, a cat can represent her archetype of intuition (the witch archetype). To a man, the cat could symbolize his inner female, known as the Anima.

Insect-eating plants produce sticky or slippery substances on their leaves to trap insects. Once trapped, these plants release digestive enzymes to break down and absorb nutrients from the insect's body.

you dont use a trap you have to listen to there sound and get a jar,climb the tree there in and catch them....... i actually just caught 6 cicadas earlier today

It's just a ladybug, but it's an Asian ladybug. They come in many colors, including orange and yellow. Black with red spots as well as the nine spotted ladybug are very rare to see. You are lucky!

Yes but, they do not bite unless you mess with them!! so don't mess with them!

A bug bite with dots around it could be a bed bug bite. These usually appear as reddish dots with patterned rows.

Some bugs love the rain, but most bugs hide in damp holes under the ground because were there so small it can flood and they will die!

but some bugs choose to stay inside and most bugs do come out after the rain.

It is a grey/brown colour which is useful for camouflage and it has a hard, armoured shell over its body so it can protect itself from predators. The woodlouse can roll itself up into a ball when being attacked. The antennae are incredibly sensitive; they make up for poor eyesight. In some species, the female woodlice are completely void of eyesight and use their antennae as a way to see.

You would find ants in a formicary.