BSCI120 Lab Practical

Order: Collembola

Common Name: Springtail

Metabolism: Ametabolous

Key Features: chewing mouthparts, compound eyes, segmented antennae, tiny size, scaled, forked tail

EPHEMEROPTERA

Common Name: Mayfly

Metabolism: Hemimetabolous

Key features: nonfunctional, short antennae, long front legs, compound eyes, 4 membranous wings, slender abdomen

ODONATA

Common Name: Dragonfly & Damselflies

Metabolism: Hemimetabolous

Key Features: chewing mouthparts, (Adults) Large compound eyes, long abdomen, mask mouthparts, 4 membranous wings, (Nymph) Large head, big jaw/mandibles, big eyes

WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT DEFINE INSECTS?

HEAD, THORAX, ABDOMEN, 6 LEGS, ONE PAIR OF ANTENNAE

ISOPTERA

Common Name: Termite

Metabolism: Hemimetabolous

Key features: chewing mouthparts, pale in color, broader junction between thorax and abdomen, compound eyes, large head, beaded antennae,

HEMIPTERA

Common Name: True Bug

Metabolism: Hemimetabolous

Key Features: piercing/sucking mouth, front wings form ‘X’ along back, front wings leathery at base and membranous toward apex, triangular scutellum in center of back

HYMENOPTERA

Common Name: bees, wasps, ants, sawflies

Metabolism: Holometabola

Key features: chewing mouthparts, 4 wings, oval eyes on the side of the head, longer antennae, smaller hind wings, small waist, 5 segmented tarsi

COLEOPTERA

Common name: beetle

Metabolism: Holometabolous

Key Features: front wings hard, large hind wings, flat, oval shaped body, antennae, 4-6 pairs of legs

DIPTERA

Common Name: True flies, Mosquitos, Gnats

Metabolism: Holometabolous

Key Features: piercing/sucking mouthparts, extremely reduced hind wings, Big compound eyes, no noticeable antennae

LEPIDOPTERA

Common Name: Butterfly/Moth

Metabolism: Holometabolous

Key Features: pierching/sucking mouthparts, 4 large triangular scaled wings, piercing/sucking mouthpart

ORTHOPTERA

Common name: grasshopper, cricket, locusts, katydids

Metabolism: Hemimetabolous

Key Features: chewing mouthparts, filform antennae, narrow front wings, hind legs adapted for jumping

THYSANUARA

Common Name: Silverfish/fire brats

Metabolism: Ametabolous

Key features: chewing mouthparts, small flat body, small/missing eyes, scales, tappered body, long antennae, 3 tails

MANTODEA

Common Name: Mantids

Metabolism: Hemimetabolism

Key Features: chewing mouthparts, elongated prothorax, triangular head, compound eyes, long arms for grasping prey

BLATTODEA

Common Name: Cockroach

Metabolism: Hemimetabolous

Key Features: Chewing mouthparts, elongated oval shape, short cerci, long antennae, 4 wings