BIOL 371 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Thysanura, Mantis, Termite
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# indicates will need to be known for exam. Touch your finger to it and they spring off due to forked appendage. Live only a day or two as adults. Nymphs live in fw streams and have wing buds. Sit down in the mud at the bottom of pound and they wait for food to come by. Adults are also predatory, they go around the air catching things. Very good eyes- most of the head is 2 big compound eyes. Locusts are a big problem for farmers, they eat up all the crops in 15min. Don"t have jumping legs but predatory fore legs. Wing reproductive- becomes a queen and make a new colony. Feed off dead wood- relying on microorganisms for access. Don"t like light and travel in tunnels within the wood. Ex: aphids: can be sexual generations or asexual reproduction. Scaly wings which gives them a lot of color. Moths are good at mimicking to hide from predators.
