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Bug Facts

Praying mantis

A predatory insect known for its distinctive triangular head and elongated thorax. They are often green or brown and can rotate their heads to scan their surroundings.

Mayfly

A short-lived insect characterized by its delicate, translucent wings and long tails. These insects belong in the order ephemeroptera. They are known for their brief adult life cycle, often lasting just a few hours to days, during which they reproduce.

Grasshopper

A herbivorous insect with long hind legs adapted for jumping. They are known for their chirping sounds and are often green or brown, blending into their grassy environments. They also belong to the order : acridiae and the family : orthoptera

Ladybug

A small beetle often recognized for its round shape and bright red or orange coloration with black spots. They are beneficial insects, primarily feeding on aphids and other pests. They also belong to the family coccinellidae and order coleoptera

Cicadas

Large insects known for their loud mating calls, prominent eyes, and distinct life cycles, which can include years spent underground as nymphs before emerging as adults.

Honey bee

A social insect known for its role in pollination and producing honey. They live in colonies similar to ants and are crucial for many ecosystems.

Sucking lice

A parasitic insects that feed on the blood of mammals and birds, including humans, causing irritation and sometimes disease.

Scorpion fly

An insect characterized by its elongated body and unique mating behavior, where males offer prey to females as a nuptial gift.

Mosquito

A flying insect known for its role as a vector for diseases such as malaria and dengue. These insects feed on the blood of humans and animals, often leaving itchy bites.

Silverfish

A small, wingless insects known for their silvery, flat bodies and fast, wriggling movements. There in the family lepismatidae. And also belong in the order zygentomo. They feed on starchy materials and are often found in damp areas.

Walking stick

Order : Phasmida

Fleas

Order : Siphonaptera

Termites

Order : Blattodea

Stone fly

Order : Plecoptera

RNA

Is a single strand that has ribose and has Uracil

DNA

Is double strand that has deoxyribose and Thymine

Messenger RNA

Carries blueprint from nucleus to cytoplasm and acts as template

Transfer RNA

Brings amino acids

Ribosomal RNA

Part of ribosome (also protein) reads code and allows m-RNA and t-RNA to connect

Polycistronic mRna

contains for more than one cistron ∙ codes for fore than one protein ∙ is transcribed from more than one gene (cistron) and has as many initiation and termination codes ∙ is present in prokaryotes