Mosquito Anatomy
Before we jump into detailed anatomy, let's look at five main characteristics of mosquitoes:
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Rising Cicadas
Tyler Quigley
Every so often, cicadas rise up from their quiet underground burrows to “sing” their best ballads. Aside from their sound, what do you know about the patient, musical lifestyle of these insects?
Messages in the Body
Bee Anatomy
Honey bees are insects and have five characteristics that are common to most insects.
This set of bits will teach you about the set of changes insects and some other animals experience during development: metamorphosis.
Carole Flores
Complete Metamorphosis Has Four Stages: Egg, Larva, Pupa, and Adult
In each stage of complete metamorphosis, the animal looks different than at all other stages. This is different from incomplete metamorphosis where the early stages of development look like tiny versions of the adult. Butterflies are an example of an insect that goes through all the stages of complete metamorphosis.
Metamorphosis – Nature’s Ultimate Transformer
Page Baluch
Transforming robots are favorites of television and movies, but nature has some of the best transformers. Animals that can change in ways that almost seem unbelievable.
Also in: Español
True Bugs
Adam Dolezal
Page Baluch
Not all insects are bugs, but all bugs are insects. How can this be? Learn about some particular insects that biologists call true bugs.
Also in: Español
Not Insects
Face to Face with Ants
Tate Holbrook
Imagine being the size of an ant. Be careful - a face-to-face encounter with an ant would be scary and potentially life-threatening! But, if you avoided being eaten, you could learn a lot about ant anatomy from a close-up view. Ants have many body parts that are normally hard to see without a magnifying glass or microscope. And each structure has its own special function.