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Entomology

The study of insects.

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Entomology

Scale

Biology; Entomology

A scale insect; a member of the order Homoptera.

Scarabaeiform

Biology; Entomology

A grub like larva having a thick, soft body with a well-developed head and strong thoracic legs but with no legs on the hind region: often permanently curved into a C. The larvae of the lamellicorn ...

Sclerite

Biology; Entomology

Any of the individual hardened plates which make up the exoskeleton.

Sclerotization

Biology; Entomology

The hardening and darkening processes in the cuticle (involves the epicuticle and exocuticle with a substance called sclerotin).

Scopa

Biology; Entomology

The pollen-collecting apparatus of a bee, whether it be the pollen basket on the leg or a brush of hairs on the abdomen.

Scorpion

Biology; Entomology

Any member of the arachnid order Scorpionidae; they have an elongate body and a poison sting at the end of abdomen.

Scutellum

Biology; Entomology

The 3rd of the major divisions of the dorsal surface of a thoracic segment: usually obvious only in the mesothorax and very large in some bugs.

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