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Ant29333 viewsAnt and Skater
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Membracid (Colour Enhanced) x1827949 viewsOn account of their enlarged pronotum the Membracidae are usually regarded as equally distinctive as the other higher categories of the Hompoteran insects.
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Martian Wink8151 viewsProstigmata, Parasitengona
This structure, which appears rather like the eye of a character straight from science fiction, is the genital opening of a terrestrial
parasitengone mite and the three oval structures are the genital papillae. Genital papillae are remnants of opisthosomal limb
segments in acariform mites (and still retain the segmented condition in some primitive oribatid mites) and are probably
homologous with the spinnerets of spiders. Although spiders use their opisthosomal limb remnants for spinning silk, acariform mites probably use theirs for osmoregulatory activities, possibly including drinking.
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Cockroach antenna7622 viewsAntenna, near base.
Cockroaches are oval, flat-bodied insects of the family Blattidae, including several species that are common household pests.
An antenna is a movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects.
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Head of a small worker ant7176 viewsHead of a small worker ant.
This image is from the House Ant Exploration CD.
See http://webem.com.au for more details.
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Assassin Bug (Colour Enhanced) x167055 viewsThese insects prey on other insects and benefit people. This group is characterized by the elongated, narrow head with the three-segmented beak folded back under the head.
Both adults and nymphs are predacious, they live on bushes and tall vegetation where they catch other insects and suck them dry.
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Termite (Colour Enhanced) x336438 viewsPseudoneoropterous insects belonging to Termes and allied genera; called also white ant. They are very abundant in tropical countries, and are noted for their destructive habits, their large nests, their remarkable social instincts, and their division of labour among the polymorphic individuals of several kinds. Besides the males and females, each nest has ordinary workers, and large-headed individuals called soldiers.
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Yeast5603 viewsYeast is the colloquial name for single-celled members of the fungal families, ascomycetes, basidiomycetes and imperfect fungi that tend to be
unicellular for the greater part of their life cycle.
Commercially important yeasts include Saccharomyces cerevisiae, pathogenic yeasts include the genus Candida.
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Ustilago minima fungi (Colour Enhanced) x22005002 viewsA genus of basidiomycetous smut fungi comprising the loose smuts.
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Reproductive female ant4778 viewsThe female reproductive ant has wings which it uses to mate on the wing in nuptual flights with winged males.
This image is from the House Ant Exploration CD.
See http://webem.com.au for more details.
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Weevil4560 viewsWeevils are Snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants. The larvae of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain weevil. The larvae of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and various other plants, as the pine weevils.
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Flower - Pollen (Colour Enhanced) x11004347 viewsPollen is the microspores of seed plants, the powdery mass of microspores shed from the male reproductive unit (anthers).
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