Entomology

Entomology

The study of insects.

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Pupiparous

Biology; Entomology

Insects which give birth to fully-grown larvae which pupate almost immediately are said to be pupiparous. The main examples are various blood-sucking flies.

The 3rd stage in the life history of butterflies and other insects undergoing a complete metamorphosis during which the larval body is rebuilt into that of the adult insect a non-feeding and usually ...

Punctate

Biology; Entomology

Covered with tiny pits or depressions, like the elytra of many beetles and the thoraxes of many hymenopterans.

Ptilinum

Biology; Entomology

In Diptera an organ that can be inflated to a bladder-like structure and thrust out through a frontal suture of the head at the time of emergence from the puparium.

Palp

Biology; Entomology

A segmented leg-like structure arising on the maxilla or labium. Palps have a sensory function and play a major role in tasting food.

Paraglossa

Biology; Entomology

One of a pair of lobes at the outer edges of the tip of the labium: with the central glossae, the paraglossae make up the ligula.

Parasite

Biology; Entomology

An organism that spends all or part of its life in close association with another species, taking food from it but giving nothing in return. Ectoparasites live on the outside of their hosts, while ...