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Entomology
The study of insects.
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metamorphosis
Biology; Entomology
The process by which an insect changes in size and form as part of its development.
pedipalps
Biology; Entomology
The second pair of appendates on the cephalothorax of a spider that is used to guide prey to its mouth.
variation
Biology; Entomology
Individual differences found within a insect species such as differences in size, shape, color, presence or absence of certain structures.
accessory pulsatile organ (APO)
Biology; Entomology
The small muscular pumps and the accompanying veins that pump hemolymph into the wings.
aestivation
Biology; Entomology
Summer dormancy that an insect enters into when its living conditions are unfavorable for active life such as the climate being too hot or too dry.
antibiosis
Biology; Entomology
An association between two or more organisms that is detrimental to one or more of them.
koinobiont
Biology; Entomology
A form of parasitism where the parasitoid lives inside the host while allowing it to live after oviposition.
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