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Title: Entomology


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Entomology
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Insects in Kansas
  • Probably between 15 and 20 thousand species

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What is an Insect?
  • Invertebrates
  • Exoskeleton
  • 6 legs
  • 3 body parts
  • Head
  • Thorax
  • Abdomen

4
Arthropods
  • Insects are Arthropods
  • So are arachnids (spiders, ticks, and mites),
    centipedes and millipedes, crustaceans

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Importance of Insects
  • Some are harmful to humans - less than 100
    species
  • Some are beneficial
  • Most are neutral

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Reproduction
  • Separate sexes
  • Pathogenesis
  • Without fertilization

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Metamorphosis (types of)
  • None
  • Gradual
  • Incomplete
  • Complete

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Complete Metamorphosis
  • Butterflies
  • Houseflies
  • Bees
  • Beetles

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Egg
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Larva
  • Maggots- flies
  • Grub worms- beetles
  • Meal worms- beetles
  • Caterpillars- butterflies, moths

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Caterpillar (larva)
  • 6 legs

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Pupa
  • Sealed in a cocoon
  • Resting stage
  • Called chrysalises in butterflies

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Dormancy
  • A stage of inactivity in the life cycle

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Adult
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Molting
  • The shedding of the exoskeleton to allow for
    growth

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Major Orders
There are over 40 orders
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Order Coleoptera
  • Beetles

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Order Diptera
  • Flies
  • Gnats
  • Mosquitoes

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Order Lepidoptera
  • Moths
  • Butterflies

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Order Lepidoptera
  • Luna Moth

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Order Lepidoptera
  • Monarch
  • Viceroy

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Order Hymenoptera
  • Ants
  • Bees
  • Wasps

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Order Hymenoptera
  • Cicada Killer Wasp

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Order Hymenoptera - Carpenter Ants
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Order Orthoptera
  • Crickets
  • Grasshoppers
  • Katydids

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Order Isoptera
  • Termites

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Order Hemiptera True bugs
  • Stink bugs
  • bed bugs
  • water strider

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Order Homoptera
Cicada Aphids
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Order Odonata
  • Dragonflies

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Order Mantodea
  • Praying Mantises
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