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Arthropods - ✔✔meaning jointed footed. they posses segmented body, jointed
appendages, exoskeleton, growth involving molting
arthropod characteristics - ✔✔three body regions(head, thorax, abdomen), three pairs of
legs(restricted to the thorax), one pair of antennae, wings usually in the adult stage
CRUSTACEANS - ✔✔crayfish,shrimp,sow bugs,pill bugs (five to seven legs,two body
regions cephalothorax and abdomen, two pairs of antennae)(arthropod class)
arachnids - ✔✔spiders,ticks,mites,scorpions (four pair of legs, two body regions
cephalothorax and abdomen, no antennae)(arthropod class)
diplopods - ✔✔Millipedes(elongate, usually rounded bodies,multiple body segments
around 50, two pairs of legs on most body segments)(arthropod class)
Chilopods - ✔✔Centipedes(elongate,flattened bodies, 14-20 body segments one pair of
legs per body segment)(arthropod class)
Asexual reproduction - ✔✔the female an produce eggs without a male sperm.
Generally eggs are laid externally (some ants,bees and aphids)
instars - ✔✔after eggs hatch insects grow in a series of stages by shedding (molting) its
exoskeleton
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, incomplete metamorphosis - ✔✔egg nymph adult(grasshoppers,crickets earwigs true
bugs,aphids)
complete metamorphosis - ✔✔egg larva pupa adult(butterflies,moths,beetles,flies and
lacewings)
complete metamorphosis pupal stage - ✔✔cocoon stage. a non feeding stage when the
insect turns into an adult. Usually winged
cockroaches - ✔✔oval, flattened, fast moving. Can be brown, reddish brown, tan or
black. Chewing mouth parts, flexible antennae and a broad saddle like plate(pronotum)
that partially covers the head. Adults of most have wings.
Roach growth - ✔✔incomplete metamorphosis. Two to three months to complete their
life cycle. Eggs are in ooteca containing several dozen eggs. eggs capsules are often
dropped around food sources or glued to surfaces. Some carry their ootheca during
development
roach history - ✔✔the oldest group of insects known with fossils dating back 200
million years.
roach eating - ✔✔omnivorous eating almost any animal or vegetable food they discover
primarily through smell
roach interior - ✔✔Prefer warm dark moist shelters often found near kitchens and food
handling areas. Can enter buildings and containers of all kinds, may enter around loose
fitting doors and windows. Through utility lines, may travel through sewers.
roach filth - ✔✔can produce allergic reactions. Not direct carriers of human disease.
Can help spread diseases such as dysentery, diarrhea and food poisoning by
contaminating areas
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