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||<big>The outer layer of the exoskeleton is called the <font color="white">'''''epicuticle'''''</font> which is made of protein and covered by a <font color="white">'''''waxy layer'''''</font>. The inner layers of the exoskeleton are called the <font color="white">'''''endocuticle'''''</font> and the <font color="white">'''''exocuticle'''''</font> which are made of <font color="white">'''''protein'''''</font> and <font color="white">'''''chitin'''''</font>
 
||<big>The outer layer of the exoskeleton is called the <font color="white">'''''epicuticle'''''</font> which is made of protein and covered by a <font color="white">'''''waxy layer'''''</font>. The inner layers of the exoskeleton are called the <font color="white">'''''endocuticle'''''</font> and the <font color="white">'''''exocuticle'''''</font> which are made of <font color="white">'''''protein'''''</font> and <font color="white">'''''chitin'''''</font>
 
||[[Insecta#Structure and Function|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
||[[Insecta#Structure and Function|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What are halteres?'''
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*'''''Reduced pair of wings'''''
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*'''''Used for balance'''''
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*'''''Possessed by diperan flies'''''
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||[[Insecta#Wing|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What are spiracles?'''
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*'''''Chitinous openings'''''
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*'''''On the side of the body'''''
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*'''''Under muscular control so can open and close at will'''''
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*'''''Mounted on stimatic plates'''''
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*'''''Leads to trachea'''''
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*'''''Can be used for species identification'''''
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||[[Insecta#Respiratory System|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What is the name of the general insect body system?'''
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*'''''Haemocoele'''''
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||[[Insecta#Circulatory System|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What are oviparous insects?'''
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*'''''Lay eggs outside of the body which hatch after deposition'''''
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||[[Insecta#Life Cycles|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What are viviparous insects?'''
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*'''''Lay larvae or nymphs'''''
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*'''''Eggs rupture in female reproductive system'''''
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||[[Insecta#Life Cycles|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Summarise simple metamorphosis and give an example of a species of insect which uses it'''
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*'''''Nymph emerges from egg'''''
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*'''''Nymph grows and moults'''''
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*'''''Nymph becomes an adult'''''
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*'''''Lice'''''
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||[[Insecta#Simple Metamorphosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Summarise complex metamorphosis and give an example of a species of insect which uses it'''
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*'''''Larva emerges from egg'''''
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*'''''Larva grows and moults'''''
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*'''''Larva pupates'''''
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*'''''Adult emerges from pupa'''''
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*'''''Flies'''''
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||[[Insecta#Complex Metamorphosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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==<font color="purple">Biting Flies</font>==
 
==<font color="purple">Biting Flies</font>==
  
==<font color="purple">Myiasis Producin Flies</font>==
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==<font color="purple">Myiasis Producing Flies</font>==

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Fill in the missing words about the insect body The outer layer of the exoskeleton is called the epicuticle which is made of protein and covered by a waxy layer. The inner layers of the exoskeleton are called the endocuticle and the exocuticle which are made of protein and chitin Link to Answer Article
What are halteres?
  • Reduced pair of wings
  • Used for balance
  • Possessed by diperan flies
Link to Answer Article
What are spiracles?
  • Chitinous openings
  • On the side of the body
  • Under muscular control so can open and close at will
  • Mounted on stimatic plates
  • Leads to trachea
  • Can be used for species identification
Link to Answer Article
What is the name of the general insect body system?
  • Haemocoele
Link to Answer Article
What are oviparous insects?
  • Lay eggs outside of the body which hatch after deposition
Link to Answer Article
What are viviparous insects?
  • Lay larvae or nymphs
  • Eggs rupture in female reproductive system
Link to Answer Article
Summarise simple metamorphosis and give an example of a species of insect which uses it
  • Nymph emerges from egg
  • Nymph grows and moults
  • Nymph becomes an adult
  • Lice
Link to Answer Article
Summarise complex metamorphosis and give an example of a species of insect which uses it
  • Larva emerges from egg
  • Larva grows and moults
  • Larva pupates
  • Adult emerges from pupa
  • Flies
Link to Answer Article

Fleas

Lice

Nuisance Flies

Biting Flies

Myiasis Producing Flies