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Insect Orders
Memoria Press Insects pg 11 to 15
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Biology
4th Grade
04/26/2013

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Term
Odonata
Definition
"toothed"
incomplete
water nympths, needle-like abdomen
Dragonflies, Damselflies
Term
Orthoptera
Definition
"straight-winged"
incomplete
fan-like hind wings and leathery front wings
Grasshoppers, Crickets
Term
Dictyoptera
Definition
"net-winged"
incomplete
fan-like wings and leathery front wings
Cockroaches, Mantids
Term
Hemiptera
Definition
"half-winged"
incomplete
first half of wing is rough and tip is smooth
True Bugs
Term
Diptera
Definition
"two-winged"
complete
soft body and sucking mouthparts
Flies
Term
Coleoptera
Definition
"sheath-winged"
complete
front wings are hard and meet down the middle of the back
Beetles
Term
Lepidoptera
Definition
"scale-winged"
complete
large wings and coiling mouthparts
Butterflies and moths
Term
Hymenoptera
Definition
"membrane-winged"
complete
slender waist and stingers
Bees, wasps, ants
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