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| Ephemeroptera [archaic 200 bya, need H20] |
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| mayflies: most living, ONLY INSECT that molts as an adult >>>as an adult lives only hours-days |
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| Odonata [archaic 200 bya, need H20] |
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| dragonflies: ALL PREDATORS, stretched wings >>> and damselflies can fold wings back |
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| Plecoptera [archaic 200 bya, need H20] |
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| velvetworm: missing link between nemotodes, insects |
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| cockroaches: old, dorsally flattened, some fly in high temp, females carry OOTHECA, egg clusters dropped, true generalists |
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| termites: both wings same size, social castes, related to blattodea, digest food with symbionts in guts, 1/2 male, 1/2 female |
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| grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, ants(?): straight wings! grouped by long/short antennae, >>>some lost wings, some burrow |
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| earwigs: wings fold like a fan, forceps, true generalists |
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| body lice: lost everything, strong legs, recent (with mammals) |
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| bugs: semi-hard wings, other membranous, piercing mouthparts |
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| aphids and cicadas: subgroup of hemiptera |
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| alderflies, fishflies: bite, large, larvae in fast-flowing streams (eg. Plecoptora) |
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| endopterogota: wings develop inside body |
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| beetles: ELYTRA (hard outer wing) |
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| scorpionflies, hanging flies |
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| antlions: larvae carnivores, burrow in sand, adults nectar-feeding |
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| caddisflies: larvae build shelter, SCALES |
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| moths and butterflies: large, b wings up, m wings down, scaled, evolved with flowering plants, some wingless |
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| wasps, bees, ants, sawflies(?) |
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| fleas: pulex irritans - human flea |
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