Insects

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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Neck

Animals; Insects

The part of an animal that connects the head with the body.

Nodus

Animals; Insects

The kink or notch on the costal margin of the dragonfly wing. The name is also used for the strong, short cross-vein just behind the notch.

Mesonotum

Animals; Insects

The dorsal sclerite of the 2nd thoracic segment - the mesothorax: usually the largest thoracic sclerite.

Meso-precoxal bridge

Animals; Insects

Precoxal part of the pleuron, anterior to the trochantin in the mesothorax.

Metamorphosis

Animals; Insects

The changes that take place during an insect's life as it turns from a young animal to an adult. These changes may be gradual and not too large, as in the grasshopper, and metamorphosis is then said ...