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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pronotum

Animals; Insects

The dorsal sclerite of the 1st thoracic segment.

prosternal

Animals; Insects

Pertains to the sternum of the prothoracic segment.

macropterous

Animals; Insects

Having long or large wings.

macroseta

Animals; Insects

A seta conspicuously larger than adjacent setae.

mandibles

Animals; Insects

The upper jaws of an insect. It may be sharply toothed and used for biting, as in grasshoppers and wasps, or it may be drawn out to form a slender needle as in mosquitoes. Mandibles are completely ...