Insect Characteristics and Biology Guide
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Thisprojecttalks about insects, how they are, their characteristics It also gives you each
details of insects such as how they are, what they like, what they don't like, what they eat, what it is
what they eat, those that fly and those that do not. And talk about theirsexuality, if they are asexual,
bisexuals and things like that and I show someimagesof the insects. Also
they show how the parts of the insect come, the abdomen, the head, the thorax.
What are insects?
As everyone knows, insects areanimalsinvertebrates, (withoutbonesthat belong
to thegroupArthropods are the most numerous and diverse organisms in the world.
Animal contains insects, arachnids, crustaceans, [Link] studies the
Insects are called entomology. Their body is divided into head, thorax, and abdomen.
They are terrestrial and breathe through tracheae, which are tubes located in the abdomen through which
they collect theair.
How do insects reproduce?
About 75% of insects have separate sexes (male and female)
morphologically differentiated from one another, and must mate with each other toto be able to
reproduce. And 25% of insects can reproduce without mating with each other.
these types of insects are called parthenogenetic and their type ofsexis asexual.
There are species of insects that are hermaphrodites, meaning they have both sexes.
functional on the sameindividualSome insects, such as aphids, are viviparous
and they give birth to live young. Others are ovoviviparous like beetles.
Nervous system
Thenervous systemconsists ofbrainand a chain of nerves. The brain is located
in the insect's head, then the protocephalum, eutocerebrum and
tritocerebrum and in the esophageal ganglion. All are connected by nerve commissures.
Digestive system
Thedigestive systemof insects is like a tube, it is generally a tube in
rolled that extends from the mouth to the anus. It is divided into three regions: the stomodeum,
minestrone and the proctodeum.
Abdomen
The abdomen of insects typically has 10 segments and
generally contains many internal organs. The genital segments may
to containstructuresassociated with the external openings of the genital ducts.
The Head
The insects on the head have the mouth, the eyes, and theantennas.
Usefulness of insects
Insects are very useful for many things, such as bees producing honey.
for human beings, the butterfly gives silk, while other insects harm
humans since the mosquito is annoying.
Main characteristics of insects
In addition to having an external skeleton, insects are characterized by:
Your body divided into 3 parts: Head, Thorax and Abdomen
Development by simple metamorphosis (hemimetabolous insects) or by metamorphosis
complete (holometabolous insects)
Advantages:
One of the great advantages of insects existing is that they themselves are the ones that
they keep the flowers alive by helping to deposit their pollen grains and collecting them
of its nectar.
Some of the disadvantages of the existence of insects are that they can cause what
they are the transmissions ofdiseasesand the agricultural pests
Disease transmitters: Mosquitoes transmit many diseases such as
AIDSand other insects ruin the harvest of the crops of theagriculture.
Nutrition
Onnutritionit's variable.
Herbivores: their food is all kinds ofproductsvegetables and mostly they are the
causative agents of pests. They are capable of consuming leaves, of gnawing what is in the where
They excavate galleries, some also eat grains and other types of seeds.
Omnivores: their diet is very varied as they consume all kinds offood
What are vegetables and animals.
There are insects withdietsvery specialized like for example the mantis that has
front legs specially designed for hunting other insects or the
woodworm that feeds exclusively in a dead manner.
Herbivorous insects are the largest group of insects, they can feed on
surface of the plant or inside, Certain species of herbivorous insects such as the
grasshoppers or caterpillars have a chewing type mouthpart and can return the leaves or
another part of vegetables.