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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'''''
*'''''Used for balance'''''
*'''''Possessed by diperan flies'''''
||[[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'''''
*'''''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'''''
||[[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'''''
||[[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'''''
||[[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'''''
*'''''Eggs rupture in female reproductive system'''''
||[[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'''''
*'''''Nymph grows and moults'''''
*'''''Nymph becomes an adult'''''
*'''''Lice'''''
||[[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'''''
*'''''Larva grows and moults'''''
*'''''Larva pupates'''''
*'''''Adult emerges from pupa'''''
*'''''Flies'''''
||[[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>==
==<font color="purple">Myiasis Producing Flies</font>==