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Insects

Any of numerous usually small arthropod animals of the class Insecta, having an adult stage characterized by three pairs of legs and a body segmented into head, thorax, and abdomen and usually having two pairs of wings.

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Cryptic
Animals; Insects

Colouring and or pattern adapted for the purpose of protection from predators or prey by concealment.

Tubercle
Animals; Insects

A small raised area on a caterpillar which often has a bristle or other projection arising from it.

Tuberculate
Animals; Insects

Having tubercles: small knob-like or rounded protuberances.

Convex
Animals; Insects

Bulging or rounded outward.

Triangle
Animals; Insects

A triangular region near the base of the dragonfly wing, often divided into smaller cells.

Corium
Animals; Insects

The main part of the forewing of a heteropteran bug.

Triommatidium
Animals; Insects

A reduced compound eye in apterous aphids with 3 separate lenses.

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