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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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Are insect repellents acidic or alkaline?
Not strong acids or alkali normally - they work in more subtle ways. Many are organophosphates or similar - read the organophosphate article on wiki for more...
Is the butterfly orchid a producer?
All plants are considered producers. Even though plants themselves consume food, water, etc, they are considered producers because they are able to produce everything that they need without help.
What is a complete morphological change from larval to adult form?
The four stages of butterflies and moths are these: stage one, egg (ova) stage two, catipillar (larva) stage three, chrysalis (pupa) stage four, imago (adult)
Swamps usually do have a distinct smell because of the water and the plant life in the water.
Some characteristics of ants are that they are social insects, and that they come in shades of black, brown, or red. Another characteristic is that they have bodies that are divided into three sections.
The abdomen is a stinkbug's hind section. Here is where you will find most of a stinkbug's spiracles (SPY ruh kuhlz), or breathing holes. The bug's digestive and reproductive systems are also in its abdomen.
How do you get a bug out of your nose?
i dont know how to get rid of lice in your nose but......if their all the way up there then you must be one dirty little boy/girl!! lol jkjkjkjkjk!!
Which common insect can self clone itself with the female being born pregnant?
The Insect That Is Born Pregnant. "Among nature's weirdest trick is the strange phenomenon known as merokinosis, reported for a single family of almost microscopic insects. The little creatures are fathers and mothers before they are born. They are a species of mite which infests grass. They belong to a family which, almost alone among insects, gives birth to living young, a species of grass mite that is born pregnant through merokinosis.
What is the function of grasshopper strong jaws and mouthparts?
The function of the grasshopper's strong jaws is to chew tough plant material. The mouth is able chew large amounts of plant material.
Dogs have toes. Only primates (such as monkeys, apes and humans) have true fingers, which are defined as flexible digits matched to an opposable* thumb.
*Able to face and touch the other fingers, which allows the hand to do such things as grasp, make gestures, and manipulate tools.
How do wings help an insect survive and reproduce?
Flight allows insects to occupy new ecological niches. Trees tend to grow their most nutritious parts (the reproductive flowers and fruits) up high to keep them safe and flying insects are able to them. Flying insects are harder for predators to catch. Also, many insects are predators themselves and this gives them an advantage in the predator/prey arms race. We can't forget that a lot of flying insects don't even eat as adults. They use wings to their advantage mating in the safety of the air, migrating to common locations to mate, and flying off to distribute their eggs to safe locations.
What is the name of an underwater swimming insect that looks like a row boat with oars?
we have them in our pool. At first we thought they were mini penguins or somthing but your describion is perfect. They have mini flippers and we are kean to know what they are too.
from mr knog i have them in my pool and i have been looking them up for ages
after a lot of time on the net i have found out that they are called
water boatman
i hope u find this information usefull
from ..............
mr and miss wertles
What are ant and bee looking for when they bump into each on ant and bee and the ABC?
The answer is there hats
== == The original question is not clear. In any case, it uses the imprecise nickname 'Lovebug' . Although there are various biological strategies for insect control that utilize sexual attraction, there is only one LOVE BUG: Herbie the Love Bug, from the Disney film of that name. The name became a franchise, and many Volkswagen dealers advertised and sold VW Beetles that were cosmetically similar to 'Herbie'. Of course, they could not talk, and did not have cognitive abilities, as did the fictional 1969 VW, Herbie the Love Bug. Additionally, I have heard various sexually transmitted bacterial diseases called 'love bugs'.
Love bugs were first formed by scientists. They wanted to produce another bug that can eat mosquitoes. The scientist that produced the love bugs by accident, In 1940, was a man named D.E Hardy from Galveston, Texas.
for more info, please copy & paste this site into your browser: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovebug
What insect has red body with black spikes and a black band around its waist?
About an inch or inch-and-a-half long? Jerusalem cricket ...
Is a earth worm an omnivore or carnivore or herbivore?
It's herbivore because it eats the leaves and eats passed away pepole
Insects belongs to the group of?
insects belong to the group arthropods.
An arthropod is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda, and include the insects, arachnids, myriapods, and crustaceans. Arthropods are characterized by their jointed limbs and cuticle made of α-chitin and/or calcium carbonate.The arthropod body plan consists of segments, each with a pair of appendages. The rigid cuticle inhibits growth, so arthropods replace it periodically by moulting. Their versatility has enabled them to become the most species-rich members of all ecological guilds in most environments. They have over a million described species, making up more than 80% of all described living animal species, some of which, unlike most animals, are very successful in dry environments. They range in size from microscopic plankton up to forms a few meters long. Arthropods' primary internal cavity is a hemocoel, which accommodates their internal organs, and through which their haemolymph - analogue of blood - circulates; they have open circulatory systems. Like their exteriors, the internal organs of arthropods are generally built of repeated segments. Their nervous system is "ladder-like", with paired ventral nerve cords running through all segments and forming paired ganglia in each segment. Their heads are formed by fusion of varying numbers of segments, and their brains are formed by fusion of the ganglia of these segments and encircle the esophagus. The respiratory and excretory systems of arthropods vary, depending as much on their environment as on the subphylum to which they belong.
Their vision relies on various combinations of compound eyes and pigment-pit ocelli: in most species the ocelli can only detect the direction from which light is coming, and the compound eyes are the main source of information, but the main eyes of spiders are ocelli that can form images and, in a few cases, can swivel to track prey. Arthropods also have a wide range of chemical and mechanical sensors, mostly based on modifications of the many setae (bristles) that project through their cuticles. Arthropods' methods of reproduction and development are diverse; all terrestrial species use internal fertilization, but this is often by indirect transfer of the sperm via an appendage or the ground, rather than by direct injection. Aquatic species use either internal or external fertilization. Almost all arthropods lay eggs, but scorpions give birth to live young after the eggs have hatched inside the mother. Arthropod hatchlings vary from miniature adults to grubs and caterpillars that lack jointed limbs and eventually undergo a total metamorphosis to produce the adult form. The level of maternal care for hatchlings varies from nonexistent to the prolonged care provided by scorpions.
The evolutionary ancestry of arthropods dates back to the Cambrian period. The group is generally regarded as monophyletic, and many analyses support the placement of arthropods with cycloneuralians (or their constituent clades) in a superphylum Ecdysozoa. Overall however, the basal relationships of Metazoa are not yet well resolved. Likewise, the relationships between various arthropod groups are still actively debated.
Arthropods contribute to the human food supply both directly as food, and more importantly as pollinators of crops. Some specific species are known to spread severe disease to humans, livestock, and crops.
There are none on my porch.
If you live in a rather warm climate, and you see them in a spot in the direct sun, running around fast and rather aimlessly, looking something like tiny bright red spiders, with round bodies surrounded by many short legs, those are "chiggers".
The main thing I know about them is that they share an annoying habit with ticks: If they get on you, they burrow into your skin, they itch like crazy, and they're hard to get rid of. If they've already dug in, you can't see them, but you know it's them if you have an itchy spot, and when you look at it, it's slightly pink and slightly raised, like a mosquito bite, but it has a tiny, hard, slightly darker, pin-point dot in the center.
Do I sound like I've had my share of them over the years ?
They could also be clover mites. They also prefer to be in the sun and are often found on cement and brick. They're completely harmless to humans.
What insects are harmful to humans?
What: Mosquitoes (mainly female), fleas, locusts, lice, bees, kissing bugs
Why: Female mosquitoes use human blood to fertilize their eggs, and can transmit diseases such as malaria and West Nile Virus. Fleas caused the Medieval Black Plague, and locusts can damage a farmer's crops. Lice can nest in human hair and cause severe itching. Bees, especially killer bees, will sting a human being when threatened and cause painful welts. Kissing bugs will bite around the soft tissue of the lips and eyes, possibly inflicting Chaga's disease.
Which animal has smallest heart in the world?
The GIRAFFE is having the biggest heart in "land animals" in the World.
Why do insect bites go hard and swell up?
Insect bites swell and get hard due to the human body releasing histamine in response to insect saliva containing anticoagulants. The more you itch the worse it gets, as the body thinks that you need more antibodies to attack the anticoagulants.
What kind of bugs have spots wings and are very small?
When ants are swarming, some males and females grow wings that can be clear. It is also possible that the animal is a termite. The body shape of an ant is distinctive from the termite with the ant having a much more defined abdomen.
