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Entomology

The study of insects.

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Entomology

queen cell

Biology; Entomology

The special cell in which a queen honey bee develops from egg to the adult stage.

nucleus

Biology; Entomology

The spheroid body within a cell that has the major role in controlling and regulating the cell's activities and contains the hereditary units or genes.

instar

Biology; Entomology

The stage in an insect's life history between any two moults. A newly-hatched insect which has not yet moulted is said to be a first-instar nymph or larva. The adult (imago) is the final instar.

media

Biology; Entomology

The longitudinal vein running through the central region of the wing in most insects: often the 4th and abbreviated to M.

labium

Biology; Entomology

The 'lower lip' of the insect mouth-parts, formed by the fusion of two maxilla-like appendages.

corium

Biology; Entomology

Elongate, usually thickened, basal portion of front wing.

bivouac

Biology; Entomology

The mass of army ant workers within which the queen and brood, live while the colony is not on the move.

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