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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genetically modified mosquitoes

Animals; Insects

Mosquitoes with their genes modified to help prevent the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue, and West Nile. These diseases kill more people than any other disease in the ...

tolmiea

Animals; Insects

Genus of one species of fast-spreading, herbaceous perennial from coniferous woodland in W. North America. Tolmiea (Piggyback plant) forms plantlets on the leaves if given medium light intensity and ...

trachycarpus

Animals; Insects

Genus of 6 species of usually single-stemmed, sometimes clustering, dioecious, evergreen palms from temperate and mountain forest in subtropical Asia. A hardy fan palm that can stand cold to 15 ...

tradescantia

Animals; Insects

Genus of about 65 species of creeping, trailing, or tuft-forming, fibrous- tuberous-rooted, evergreen perennials from woodland, scrub, or disturbed ground in North, Central, and South America. The ...

vallota

Animals; Insects

Genus of about single species of clump-forming, bulbous perennials from grassland to forest and cliffs in Africa. In spring plant the bulb firmly in a 5-7 in. pot, and leave the top half uncovered. ...

vanda

Animals; Insects

Genus of 30-40 species of evergreen, epiphytic or epilytic monopoidal orchids found in exposed sites in shrub forest, from India to S.E. Asia and the Philippines, and south to Australia. Vandas have ...

veltheimia

Animals; Insects

Genus of 2 species of bulbous perennials from grassy and rocky hillsides in South Africa.They are grown for their rosettes of thick, wavy leaves, and for their terminal racemes of pendent, spring ...