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Insects
insects
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Biology
7th Grade
04/25/2008

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Insect

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Incests are arthropods with three body sections, six legs, one pair of antennae , and usuallyone or two pair of wings.

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Thorax

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An insect's mid section, to whichits wings and legs are attached.

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Complete Metamorphosis

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The first type of metamorphosis, it has four stages: egg,larva,pupa,and adult.

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Pupa

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 The second stage of complete metamorphosis, in which an insect is enclosed in a protective covering and graduallyfrom a larva to an adult.

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 Gradual Metamorphosis

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A type of metamorphosisin which an egg hatches into a nymph that resembles an adult, and which has no distinctly different larva stage.  

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Nymph
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A stage of gradual metamorphosis that usually resembles the adult insect.

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Camouflage
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Protective coloration; a common animal defensde.
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