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Insects (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous...

Insects have mouthparts that may vary greatly across insect species, as they are adapted to particular modes of feeding. The earliest insects had chewing...

ἔντομον (éntomon), meaning "insect", and λόγος (lógos), meaning "study", is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology...

Franco as Titus (Insect King), a butterfly and the Insect Queen's son who later succeeds her Eman Abdul-Razzak as Young Titus (Insect Prince), a caterpillar...

An insect hotel, also known as a bug hotel or insect house, is a manmade structure created to provide shelter for insects. They can come in a variety of...

evolution of insects is based on studies of the following branches of science: molecular biology, insect morphology, paleontology, insect taxonomy, evolution...

up insect in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Insects are six-legged arthropods of the class Insecta. Insect or Insects may also refer to: Insects (album)...

Insects, which are a type of arthropod, are the most numerous group of multicellular organisms on the planet, with over a million species identified so...

Insects as food or edible insects are insect species used for human consumption. Over 2 billion people are estimated to eat insects on a daily basis....

discourage insects (and arthropods in general) from landing or climbing on that surface. Insect repellents help prevent and control the outbreak of insect-borne...

as Phasmida or Phasmatoptera) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick bugs, walkingsticks, stick animals, or...

Insect collecting refers to the collection of insects and other arthropods for scientific study or as a hobby. Most insects are small and the majority...

Insect morphology is the study and description of the physical form of insects. The terminology used to describe insects is similar to that used for other...

Insect cognition is mental capacity in insects, and its study. The field developed from comparative psychology where early studies focused more on animal...

A fly (pl. flies) is an insect of the order Diptera (from Ancient Greek δι- di- 'two' and πτερόν pteron 'wing'), named for the single pair of wings. The...

Insect Festival is a biennial series of one day events in the UK, organised by the Royal Entomological Society, to celebrate insects and entomology. The...

The Atair Insect is a powered paraglider in the mode of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) by Atair Aerospace Inc. The company showcased its LEAPP technology...

Insects are the only group of invertebrates that have evolved wings and flight. Insects first flew in the Carboniferous, some 300 to 350 million years...

Insect fighting is a range of competitive sporting activity, commonly associated with gambling, in which insects are pitted against each other. Forms of...

Crickets are orthopteran insects which are related to bush crickets and, more distantly, to grasshoppers. In older literature, such as Imms, "crickets"...

Insects are the most numerous and widespread class in the animal kingdom, accounting for up to 90% of all animal species. In the 2010s, reports emerged...

relatively abrupt change in its body structure as part of its development. Some insects, fish, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, cnidarians, echinoderms, and...

Insect wings are adult outgrowths of the insect exoskeleton that enable insects to fly. They are found on the second and third thoracic segments (the...

Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (/koʊliːˈɒptɛrə/), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases...

Insect farming is the practice of raising and breeding insects as livestock, also referred to as minilivestock or micro stock. Insects may be farmed for...

Insect Queen refers to comic book characters from two different publishers Insect Queen (DC Comics), two versions of the character from DC Comics Insect...

lights. They are mostly orange to yellow in color, and are endoparasites of insect larvae, particularly Lepidoptera. They are very diverse but morphologically...

disparate groups of wingless insects. Apterygota are a subclass of small, agile insects, distinguished from other insects by their lack of wings in the...

Insect neuropeptides are small signaling molecules that function as chemical messengers in the nervous system, regulating diverse physiological and behavioral...

Insect Warfare was an American grindcore band from Houston, Texas. Insect Warfare was originally founded in 2000 as a solo project of vocalist Rahi Geramifar...

Sia is a genus of Orthopteran insects in the family Stenopelmatidae, recorded from western Malesia. The Orthoptera Species File lists: Sia bugajus Gorochov...

Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids")...

Insect biodiversity accounts for a large proportion of all biodiversity on the planet—over half of the estimated 1.5 million organism species described...

Beneficial insects (sometimes called beneficial bugs) are any of a number of species of insects that perform valued services like pollination and pest...

pupae) is the life stage of insects from the Holometabola clade undergoing metamorphosis between immature and mature stages. Insects that go through a pupal...

interest in developing "cyborg insects" to transmit data from sensors implanted into the insect during the pupa stage. The insect's motion would be controlled...

Insect physiology includes the physiology and biochemistry of insect organ systems. Although diverse, insects are quite similar in overall design, internally...

(/hɛˈmɪptərə/; from Ancient Greek hemipterus 'half-winged') is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising more than 80,000 species within...

Insect toxins are various protein toxins produced by insect species. Assassin bugs, sometimes known as kissing bugs, are one of the largest and morphologically...

Kermes is a genus of gall-like scale insects in the family Kermesidae. They feed on the sap of oaks; the females produce a red dye, also called "kermes"...

Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described...

Bookworm is a general name for any insect that is said to bore through books. The damage to books that is commonly attributed to "bookworms" is often caused...

colonies can be viewed as superorganisms. Eusociality has evolved among the insects, crustaceans, trematodes and mammals. It is most widespread in the Hymenoptera...

Insects in ethics concerns ethical views about the moral status and treatment of insects, including whether humans have obligations to avoid harming or...

of family. With around 1 million insect species having been formally described and assigned a binomial name, insects are the most diverse group of animals...

from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos), meaning "sphere", is a genus of scale insects in the family Coccidae. Several species, such as Coccus viridis, a major...

Aquatic insects or water insects live some portion of their life cycle in the water. They feed in the same ways as other insects. Some diving insects, such...

subclass of insects that includes all winged insects and groups which lost them secondarily. Pterygota group comprises 99.9% of all insects. The orders...

Bees are winged insects that form a monophyletic clade Anthophila within the superfamily Apoidea of the order Hymenoptera, with over 20,000 known species...

(also spelled weta in English) is the common name for a group of about 100 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae endemic to...

insect hatch". Appleton Post Crescent. Retrieved 2020-07-15. Weaving, Alan; Picker, Mike; Griffiths, Charles Llewellyn (2003). Field Guide to Insects...

Moths are a group of winged insect of the order Lepidoptera, the other well-known members of which are butterflies, they are characterized by dark or dull...

Insect Week (formerly National Insect Week) is an initiative originating in the UK. Usually held during the last week of June, the aim is to engage the...

The sterile insect technique (SIT) is a method of biological insect control, whereby overwhelming numbers of sterile insects are released into the wild...

Insect Shield is a brand of insect repellent used on clothes. It contains permethrin, which is similar to bug-repellent, and registered by the U.S. Environmental...

and dried. The insect produces carminic acid that deters predation by other insects. Carminic acid, typically 17–24% of dried insects' weight, can be...

Kassberg (born circa 1988), known professionally by his pseudonym Starving Insect (earlier on known as Despairful Tomorrow) is a Swedish hardcore techno DJ...

Insect traps are used to monitor or directly reduce populations of insects or other arthropods, by trapping individuals and killing them. They typically...

The Insect Surfers are an American band formed in Washington, D.C., in 1979. The group bills itself "Planet Earth’s Longest-Running Modern Surf Band,"...

a branch of applied entomology that uses insects and other arthropods as a basis for legal evidence. Insects may be found on cadavers or elsewhere around...

Bacillus is a stick insect genus, common in Europe and North Africa. The Phasmida Species File lists: Bacillus atticus – Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882 Bacillus...

Scales are present on the bodies of various insects. A notable example are the Lepidoptera, the insect order comprising moths and butterflies, which have...

Male insects produce sperm, which is delivered to the female via the Aedeagus. Although in some insects, such as Bed bugs, the male can inject his sperm...

Harmful Insect (害虫, Gaichū) is a 2001 Japanese drama film directed by Akihiko Shiota and starring Aoi Miyazaki. Shiota credits the original story to Yayoi...

Passeriformes. Charles de Geer, 1752-1778 Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, digital facsimile at the Gallica...

insect, the Australian giant prickly stick insect, Macleay's spectre, or the Australian walking stick, is a large species of Australian stick insect....

paper was a way to systematize and compare the hemolytic properties of insect venoms. A table in the paper included a column that rated sting pain, starting...

Cryptococcus is a genus of scale insects in the family Eriococcidae. Cryptococcus on uio.mbl.edu Data related to Cryptococcus at Wikispecies Cryptococcus...

Most insects reproduce oviparously, i.e. by laying eggs. The eggs are produced by the female in a pair of ovaries. Sperm, produced by the male in one...

Scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha. Of dramatically variable appearance and extreme sexual dimorphism, they...

Insect Armageddon may mean Decline in insect populations, a widespread loss of insect numbers and species Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon, a computer...

Insect olfaction refers to the function of chemical receptors that enable insects to detect and identify volatile compounds for foraging, predator avoidance...

groups (amphipods and isopods), and they are completely absent in insects. The legs of insects and myriapods are uniramous. In crustaceans, the first antennae...

Insect behaviour is any pattern of behaviour by insects that helps them to survive and reproduce. Aspects include behaviour patterns for feeding, avoiding...

The Insect Trust was an American jazz-based rock band that formed in New York, United States, in 1967. The members of the band were Nancy Jeffries on vocals...

Cave-dwelling insects are among the most widespread and prominent troglofauna (cave-dwelling animals), including troglobites, troglophiles, and trogloxenes...

online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2019-03-21. Arment, Chad (2006). Stick Insects of the Continental United States and Canada. Coachwhip Publications. v...

Insect-based pet food is pet food consisting of, or containing insects digestible by pets such as dogs or cats. A limited, but growing number of products...

Insect pheromones are neurotransmitters that serve the chemical communication between individuals of an insect species. They thus differ from kairomones...

A genetically modified (GM) insect is an insect that has been genetically modified, either through mutagenesis, or more precise processes of transgenesis...

An insect growth regulator (IGR) is a chemical insecticide that kills insects indirectly by disrupting their life cycle. The term was initially proposed...

and Trinidad. At 0.15 mm (0.0059 in) (150 μm), it is the smallest flying insect known as of 2019[update]. It is a close relative of wasps in the genus Tinkerbella...

into their next life stage. Animals with indirect development such as insects, some arachnids, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase...

Cockroaches (or roaches) are insects belonging to the order Blattodea (Blattaria). About 30 cockroach species out of 4,600 are associated with human habitats...

Paul Insect is a UK contemporary artist, who is most famous for his 2007 solo show Bullion exhibition at London's Art gallery, Lazarides Gallery. Damien...

Insect Woman may refer to: The Insect Woman, a 1963 Japanese drama film Insect Woman (1972 film), a South Korean film This disambiguation page lists articles...

The Insect Fear Film Festival or IFFF is an annual free event held every spring since 1984, and is the first university-sponsored event of its kind in...

Insect tea refers to teas (in the broad sense, not always tea proper) made from leaves bitten by, and the droppings of, insects fed on specific plants...

Insect pins are used by entomologists for mounting collected insects. They can also be used in dressmaking for very fine silk or antique fabrics. As standard...

Insect mandibles are a pair of appendages near the insect's mouth, and the most anterior of the three pairs of oral appendages (the labrum is more anterior...

Insect ecology is the interaction of insects, individually or as a community, with the surrounding environment or ecosystem. This interaction is mostly...

Xenos is a genus of insects belonging to the family Xenidae. The word derives from the Greek word for strange. The type species of the genus is Xenos...

he reconnects with Ronnie and says he is becoming a hybrid of human and insect he nicknamed "Brundlefly." He has begun vomiting digestive enzymes onto...

Species are found all around the world. A guide to an arrangement of British Insects: being a catalogue of all the named species hitherto discovered in Great...

Insecticides are pesticides used to kill insects. They include ovicides and larvicides used against insect eggs and larvae, respectively. The major use...

(/ˌɛntəˈmɒfədʒi/, from Greek ἔντομον éntomon, 'insect', and φαγεῖν phagein, 'to eat') is the practice of eating insects. An alternative term is insectivory. Entomophagy...

Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg 1: 90,100. Data related to Machaeridia (insect) at Wikispecies v t e...

state insect and state butterfly, etc.). Iowa and Michigan are the two states without a designated state insect. More than half of the insects chosen...

Within Japanese culture, insects have occupied an important role as aesthetic, allegorical, and symbolic objects. In addition, insects have had a historical...

Insect thermoregulation is the process whereby insects maintain body temperatures within certain boundaries. Insects have traditionally been considered...

The head in most insects is enclosed in a hard, heavily sclerotized, exoskeletal head capsule. The main exception is in those species whose larvae are...

the world, domesticating different crops and animals. Three groups of insects, namely ambrosia beetles, leafcutter ants, and fungus-growing termites...

addition, this insect has some characteristics superficially similar to mantises, however differ from other many characters. The insect body is 9.3 millimetres...

The Insect-class gunboats (or large China gunboats) were a class of small but well-armed Royal Navy ships designed for use in shallow rivers or inshore...

The Death of an Insect (Finnish: Erään hyönteisen tuho) is a 2010 short Finnish experimental film directed by Hannes Vartiainen and Pekka Veikkolainen...

The Insect Woman (にっぽん昆虫記, Nippon konchūki; lit. "Entomological Chronicles of Japan") is a 1963 Japanese drama film directed by Shōhei Imamura. It was...

Retrieved 2018-02-24. Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9...

d'histoire naturelle, Genève. Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9...

The Insect Habitat was a science payload intended for the International Space Station as part of the Space Station Biological Research Program (SSBRP)...

Morganella is a genus of scale insects in the family Diaspididae. Morganella longispina is the type species. It is named for Albert C. F. Morgan, the...

Insects as feed are insect species used as animal feed, either for livestock, including aquaculture, or as pet food. As livestock feed production uses...

Australian brand of personal insect repellent sold and distributed in Australia, New Zealand, and online. It was the first insect repellent invented in Australia...

Pulvinaria is a scale insect genus in the family Coccidae. The type species is Pulvinaria vitis (as Coccus vitis Linnaeus). Pulvinaria acericola Pulvinaria...

Yunga - Zyzzogeton Wikispecies has information related to Sharpshooter (insect). sharpshooters on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site Homalodisca...

In biology, the imago (Latin for "image") is the last stage an insect attains during its metamorphosis, its process of growth and development; it is also...

The Micromechanical Flying Insect (MFI) is a miniature UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) composed of a metal body, two wings, and a control system. Launched...

metanotum of an insect thorax; however, it is used almost exclusively in the former context, as the metanotum is rather reduced in most insect groups. In the...

Insect olfactory receptors (also known as odorant receptors, ORs) are expressed in the cell membranes of the olfactory sensory neurons of insects. Similarly...

Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon is a 2011 third-person shooter developed by Vicious Cycle Software, and published by D3 Publisher, for the PlayStation...

A gall-inducing insect is any insect that can cause the growth of galls within plants. There are several groups of insects that meet this description....

A honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect from the genus Apis of the largest bee family, Apidae. Honey bees are known for their construction...

Insect diuretic hormones are hormones that regulate water balance through diuretic action. The insect excretory system, responsible for regulating water...

parasites. In homes and urban environments, the pests are the rodents, birds, insects and other organisms that share the habitat with humans, and that feed on...

The use of insect cell lines as production hosts is an emerging technology in the production of bio pharmaceuticals. More than 100 insect cell lines are...

Retrieved 30 December 2018. Grasshopper Country: The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, by David C. Rentz. 1995. ISBN 0-86840-063-7 Species synopses...

The thorax is the midsection (tagma) of the hexapod body (insects and entognathans). It holds the head, legs, wings and abdomen. It is also called mesosoma...

lacca is a species of insect in the family Kerriidae, the lac insects. These are in the superfamily Coccoidea, the scale insects. This species is perhaps...

Hildegardia is a genus of insect, belonging to the family Tetrigidae and since 2025 placed in the monogeneric subfamily of Hildegardiinae; it was erected...

This is a list of songs inspired by insects. Insects in music are known from everything from classical music and opera to ragtime and pop. Rimsky-Korsakov...

There are no less than six fables concerning an impertinent insect, which is taken in general to refer to the kind of interfering person who makes himself...

small, primitive, wingless insect in the order Zygentoma (formerly Thysanura). Its common name derives from the insect's silvery light grey colour, combined...

Insect winter ecology describes the overwinter survival strategies of insects, which are in many respects more similar to those of plants than to many...

Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Earwigs have characteristic...

one of the parts of a holometabolous insect larva that will become a portion of the outside of the adult insect during the pupal transformation to the...

Entomophily or insect pollination is a form of pollination whereby pollen of plants, especially but not only of flowering plants, is distributed by insects. Flowers...

which collect the spermatophore and insert it into the female. In male insects, the structure analogous to a penis is known as aedeagus. The male copulatory...

Gallimore (b. 1980 or 1981; age ~45–46 years), also known by his handle Alien Insect, is a British neurobiologist, chemist, and pharmacologist who studies psychedelic...

occasionally gained superhuman powers and assumes the superhero identities of Insect Queen and Superwoman. Lana has appeared in other-media adaptations of Superman...

Insect euthanasia is the process of killing insects "in a way that minimizes or eliminates pain and distress." It may apply to animals in the laboratory...

Gunma Insect World (ぐんま昆虫の森, Gunma Konchū-no Mori) Insect Observation Facility in Kiryū, Gunma, Japan is a learning facility for observing the ecology...

The order Insectivora (from Latin insectum "insect" and vorare "to eat") is an obsolete biological grouping within the class of mammals. Some species have...

goliath, commonly known as the goliath stick insect, or the regal stick insect, is a large species of stick insect in the family Phasmatidae, endemic to Australia...

This glossary of entomology describes terms used in the formal study of insect species by entomologists. abbreviate(d) (adjective) Of an organ or member:...

abdomen. Lepidoptera have some of the most complex genital structures in the insect groups with a wide variety of complex spines, setae, scales and tufts in...

Sandgropers are wholly subterranean apterous insects of the family Cylindrachetidae that may grow up to 7 cm (3 in) long. Three genera of these orthopterans...

Retrieved 2018-02-24. Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9...

contains a list of insect-borne diseases. They can take the form of parasitic worms, bacteria, protozoa, viruses, or the insects directly acting as a...

R.; Miller, G. L.; et al. "ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics". doi:10.1093/database/bav118. Retrieved 2024-10-19...

Entomophagy in humans or human entomophagy describes the consumption of insects (entomophagy) by humans in a cultural and biological context. The scientific...

Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterised by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold...

Angels and Insects (sometimes styled as Angels & Insects) is a 1995 romantic drama film directed by Philip Haas and starring Mark Rylance, Patsy Kensit...

Latin siccus = dry, folium = leaf – 'dry leaf') is the species of the leaf insects (Phyllioidea) known to science for the longest time. It was described by...

Insect Science may refer to either one of the following two journals: Journal of Insect Science (Entomological Society of America) Journal of Insect Science...

Phylliidae (often misspelled Phyllidae) contains the extant true leaf insects or walking leaves, which include some of the most remarkably camouflaged...

 › Pictures from the Insects' Life (Czech: Ze života hmyzu) – also known as The Insect Play, The Life of the Insects, The Insect Comedy, The World We...

(1802) Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. F. Dufart, Paris. Vol. 3: i–xii; 1–467. Global Biodiversity Information...

Insect Queen is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first Insect Queen was Lana Lang, Superman's...

breeds in the pitchers of pitcher plants, its larvae feeding on decaying insects that have drowned there. Oviposition, egg-laying, varies between species...

Oxyartes is a genus of stick insects in the family Lonchodidae and tribe Necrosciini; species records are from India through to Indochina. The Phasmida...

meaning "bride") is the juvenile form of some invertebrates, particularly insects, which undergoes gradual metamorphosis (hemimetabolism) before reaching...

some insects that spend a significant amount of their time underwater, that serves as a breathing tube. The larvae of several kinds of insects, including...

stick insect (Carausius alluaudi) Gardiner's stick insect (Carausius gardineri) Seychelles stick insect (Carausius sechellensis) Seychelles leaf insect (Phyllium...

grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumstances they become more...

the tensile strength. Biomineralization occurs mainly in crustaceans. In insects and arachnids, the main reinforcing materials are various proteins hardened...

Insect foraging cognition is the use of an insect's cognitive abilities to find food. Insects inhabit many diverse and complex environments. Cognition...

hàichóng diàochá chū bào" 信阳中籼稻、粳稻害虫调查初报 [Preliminary Investigation of Insect Pests in Mid-season Indica and Japonica Rice Fields of Xinyang Region]....

The Insect Trust Gazette was a poetry journal published at Temple University in Philadelphia. Three issues appeared from 1964 - 1968. It was edited by...

antennae for swimming. Antennae can also locate other group members if the insect lives in a group, like the ant. The common ancestor of all arthropods likely...

the Lord Howe Island stick insect, Lord Howe Island phasmid or, locally, as the tree lobster, is a species of stick insect that lives in the Lord Howe...

Many countries have featured insects on stamps. Insect related topics such as the mosquito eradication (anti malaria) programme of the 1960s as well as...

The PROteINSECT project is a European Union initiative, coordinated by the UK Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA), that would legalize the use...

300 described species in Valenzuela. List of Valenzuela species Quelques insectes de l'Amérique Méridionale. L Navàs, 1924 "Valenzuela Report". Integrated...

insect. Typically, insects which generate allergic responses are either stinging insects (wasps, bees, hornets and ants) or biting insects (mosquitoes, ticks)...

of insects and birds for possible lessons to apply to powered flight. He is best known for a remark in his 1934 book Le Vol des Insectes ("Insect Flight")...

lists two insect subspecies as critically endangered. No subpopulations of insects have been evaluated by the IUCN. Additionally 1702 insect species (28%...

acellular slime mold of the genus Leocarpus. The common name in English is insect-egg slime mold. L.fragilis can be found on leaf litter, typically in temperate...

discharge insect control system, electric insect killer or (insect) electrocutor trap, is a device that attracts and kills flying insects that are attracted...

(15⁄32 in) long, and the powerful sting is considered one of the most painful insect stings in the world. The female tarantula hawk wasp stings a tarantula between...

waggle dance. The western honey bee was one of the first domesticated insects, and it is the primary species maintained by beekeepers to this day for...

Nidularia is a genus of gall-like scale insects in the family Kermesidae. There are three described species in Nidularia. These three species belong to...

Live insect jewelry refers to jewelry made from living creatures – usually bejeweled oversized insects – which is worn as a fashion accessory. The use...

Insects have a wide variety of predators, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, mammals, carnivorous plants, and other arthropods. The great majority...

listed 343 endangered insect species. Of all evaluated insect species, 5.7% are listed as endangered. The IUCN also lists 21 insect subspecies as endangered...

stick insect (Bacillus rossius) also called the European stick bug, European walking stick, or Mediterranean stick insect, is a species of stick insect, common...

component of the open circulatory system characteristic of arthropods such as insects, arachnids, myriapods and crustaceans. Some non-arthropod invertebrates...

The firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus, is a common insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae. Easily recognisable due to its striking red and black coloration, it...

Insectes sociaux is a scientific journal dedicated to the study of social insects. It is the official journal of the International Union for the Study...

Maxentius is a genus of insect in the subfamily Stenopelmatinae and formerly treated as a subgenus of the genus Sia. Species can be found in sub-Saharan...

An insect's respiratory system is the system with which it introduces respiratory gases to its interior and performs gas exchange. Air enters the respiratory...

covers Arctic pollination, insect colour perception and floral colours, bee biology, thermoregulation in plants and insects; arctic, alpine, tropical and...

by an excessive or unrealistic fear (disgust) of one or more classes of insect, and classified as a phobia by the DSM-5. More specific cases include katsaridaphobia...

Gregor Samsa, who wakes to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect (German: ungeheueres Ungeziefer, lit. "monstrous vermin") and struggles...

(around 0.02 oz). Some eggs laid by reptiles and most fish, amphibians, insects, and other invertebrates can be even smaller. Several major groups of animals...

This is a list of insect galls arranged into families. Podapion gallicola Saperda fayi - Thorn-limb Borer Saperda populnea - Small Poplar Borer Ampeloglypter...

Insects have appeared in mythology around the world from ancient times. Among the insect groups featuring in myths are the bee, fly, butterfly, cicada...

A leaf miner is a larval stage of various insect species that live and feed within the tissues of a plant's leaves. The term does not describe a single...

Euphranta atrata is a species of insect in the family Tephritidae. "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000. 2011....

related to social insects as they are usually detected by direct contact with chemoreceptors on the antennae or feet of insects. Insect sex pheromones have...

Insect migration is the seasonal movement of insects, particularly those by species of dragonflies, beetles, butterflies and moths. The distance can vary...

glands.[better source needed] These glands are found only in mammals. In insects, male accessory glands produce products that mix with the sperm to protect...

Journal of Insect Behavior is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering various aspects of insect research. It is published by Springer Science+Business...

Insects have long been used in medicine, both traditional and modern, sometimes with little evidence of their effectiveness. The medicinal uses of insects...

names of pre-Hispanic origin used in Mexico to refer to species of aquatic insects in the family Corixidae, the eggs of which, ahuauhtli ([aˈwawt͡ɬi]) (in...

Cornell University. He was a pioneer of insect photography and made use of it as a tool for documenting insect biology. Slingerland was born in Otto, Cattaraugus...

Climate change and infectious diseases List of cutaneous conditions List of insect-borne diseases List of parasites (human) Mosquito-borne disease Robovirus...

freshwater habitats in the Northern Hemisphere. They are oval-bodied, aquatic insects with raptorial front legs. Like other members of the Nepidae, they have...

Many species of arthropods (insects, arachnids, millipedes and centipedes) can bite or sting human beings. These bites and stings generally occur as a...

hatchlings varies from nonexistent to the prolonged care provided by social insects. The evolutionary ancestry of arthropods dates back to the Cambrian period...

Examples include the legs of a centipede, the maxillary and labial palps of an insect, and the spinous processes of successive vertebrae in a vertebrate's backbone...

fishflies in Canada) are aquatic insects belonging to the order Ephemeroptera. This order is part of an ancient group of insects termed the Palaeoptera, which...

which are larger than other wētā, despite the latter also being large by insect standards. Large species can be up to 7 cm (3 in), not inclusive of legs...

living animal species have been described, of which around 1.05 million are insects, over 85,000 are molluscs, and around 65,000 are vertebrates. It has been...

(true insects), as well as the much smaller class Entognatha, which includes three classes of wingless arthropods that were once considered insects: Collembola...

Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8. Data related to Cota (insect) at Wikispecies v t e...

Clitarchus hookeri, commonly known as the smooth stick insect or the common stick insect, is a stick insect of the family Phasmatidae, endemic to New Zealand...

concern insects List of near threatened insects List of vulnerable insects List of endangered insects List of critically endangered insects List of data...

The population dynamics of pest insects is a subject of interest to farmers, agricultural economists, ecologists, and those concerned with animal welfare...

butterflies, as well as on leaf surfaces, aquatic environments, animal feces, insect-rich environments, flour mills and grain-storage facilities. It has also...

ectoparasitoids of armoured scale insects (Diaspididae). Adult female wasps lay eggs under scale covers onto the bodies of scale insects, which hatch into larvae...

In insects, the abdomen contains the insect's digestive tract and reproductive organs. It consists of eleven segments in most orders of insects, though...

social wasps such as yellowjackets are both hunters and scavengers of other insects. While examples of predators among mammals and birds are well known, predators...

genera are. This species is endemic to California, and is California's state insect. The California dogface butterfly varies in its wing color and pattern....

Amanayara is a genus of insect in family Gryllidae. The Orthoptera Species File database lists the following species: Amanayara bernardesi Pereira, Sperber...

ptéryg- "wing" + Neo-Latin -ota "-having"), is a supra-ordinal clade of insects within the infraclass Neoptera that go through distinctive larval, pupal...

of the most effective, and most common active ingredients in commercial insect repellents. It is a colorless to slightly yellow oil intended to be applied...

Acrophylla titan, the titan stick insect, is the third-longest stick insect found in Australia. First described by William Sharp Macleay in 1826, it was...

genus of the tribe Lonchodini, in the order Phasmatodea (stick and leaf insects). The genus is in many ways typical of the Phasmatodea in that all species...

Brasidas is a genus of stick insects that is native to the Philippines and is named after the Spartan general Brasidas The representatives of this genus...

The firebrat (Thermobia domestica) is a small insect (typically 1–1.5 cm) in the order Zygentoma. They look similar to the related silverfishes, but are...

Cryptophyllium celebicum, simply known as walking leaf mimic insect, is type species of leaf insect in the new (2021) genus Cryptophyllium, which has been placed...

giganteum, commonly known as the Giant Malaysian leaf insect, is one of the largest species of leaf insects and was described from Malaysia in 1984. It is placed...

Kerria is a genus of scale insect of the family Kerriidae. The species are found throughout southeast Asia, India and southern China. Subgenus Kerria (Chamberliniella)...

Resins protect plants from insects and pathogens and are secreted in response to injury. Resins repel herbivores, insects, and pathogens, while the volatile...

Pulmonoscorpius), myriapods (e.g. Arthropleura) and especially insects (particularly flying insects) also underwent a major evolutionary radiation during the...

burned (e.g. in a "citronella candle") as an insect repellent, particularly to deter haematophagous insects such as mosquitoes. http://www.fao...

A Wood Destroying Insect Report (WDI Report) is generated during a home inspection while looking for wood destroying insects such as termites, carpenter...

are more reactive to chemical cues released by preferred prey. Eusocial insects like ants and honey bees are multicellular animals that live in colonies...

from Greek side, rib) is a lateral sclerite of thoracic segment of an insect between the tergum and the sternum. While the tergum is positioned on the...

animal or plant which eats insects. An alternative term is entomophage, which can also refer to the human practice of eating insects. The first vertebrate...

Diapause in insects is a dynamic process consisting of several distinct phases. While diapause varies considerably from one taxon of insects to another...

Entomopathogens are pathogens that infect insects. Entomopathogens include: Entomopathogenic fungus Entomopathogenic nematode Entomopathogenic virus Entomopathogenic...

Compound eyes are made up of multiple small visual units, and are common on insects and crustaceans. Non-compound eyes have a single lens and focus light onto...

Sipyloidea sipylus, the pink winged stick insect or Madagascan stick insect, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Sipyloidea. It is the most...

australis hector insect toxin also known as AaHIT is a scorpion toxin which affects voltage-gated sodium channels. Four different insect toxins, namely...

have potent insecticidal activity by disrupting the nervous systems of insects. Pyrethrin naturally occurs in chrysanthemum flowers and is often considered...

Rhaphidophora xishuang Gorochov, 2012 Serville (1838[1839]) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères 389 Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "genus...

Aretaon is a genus of stick insects native to Borneo and the Philippine island Palawan. The species of the genus Aretaon correspond in the habitus typical...

specialized, attracting insect pollinators by colour, pattern, scent, pheromones, and sometimes by mimicking female insects. Orchids have very small...

Noiseman Sound Insect (音響生命体ノイズマン, Onkyo Seimeitai Noiseman) is a short anime film directed by Koji Morimoto, with production by Studio 4°C and music by...

Elenchus is an insect genus in the family Elenchidae. Data related to Elenchus at Wikispecies v t e...

Insect Song is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Beyond the Embrace. It was released in 2004 on Metal Blade Records. All tracks are...

the only remaining wild population of the giant Lord Howe Island stick insect, thought to be extinct since 1920 until their rediscovery in 2001. The pyramid...

original (PDF) on August 13, 2015. Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). Stenstrup: Apollo Books...

jar or killing bottle is a device used by entomologists to kill captured insects quickly and with minimum damage. The jar typically contains gypsum plaster...

Cagaster of an Insect Cage (Japanese: 虫籠のカガステル, Hepburn: Mushikago no Kagasuteru) is a Japanese manga series by Kachō Hashimoto released from 2015 to 2016...

insects accumulate on the windshields and front bumpers of people's cars since the early 2000s. It has been attributed to a global decrease of insect...

The Insect Science Museum (traditional Chinese: 昆蟲科學博物館; simplified Chinese: 昆虫科学博物馆; pinyin: Kūnchóng Kēxué Bówùguǎn) is a museum of insects in Zhongzheng...

butterfly net (sometimes called an aerial insect net or bug net) is one of several kinds of nets used to collect insects. The entire bag of the net is generally...

Zeuneria melanopeza is a species of insect in the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Phaneropterinae. These green, leaf-like insects are among the largest winged...

machine-insect interfaces by placing micro-mechanical systems inside the insects during the early stages of metamorphosis. After implantation, the "insect cyborgs"...

The conservation and restoration of insect specimens is the process of caring for and preserving insects as part of a collection. Conservation concerns...

stick insect discovered in 2014 near Liuzhou in Guangxi, China. It is the world's longest stick insect, which also makes it the world's longest insect. A...

Eurycantha calcarata (common names thorny devil stick insect and giant spiny stick insect ) is a species of phasmid endemic to Australasia. Eurycantha...

also known as the Japanese wax scale or tortoise wax scale, is a scale insect belonging to the family Coccidae. It is native to East Asia but has spread...

species of stick insects. It is one of the largest in the subfamily Obriminae. The sometimes used common name is Carmela's stick insect. Females reach a...

Entomological evidence is legal evidence in the form of insects or related artifacts and is a field of study in forensic entomology. Such evidence is...

wingspan of 20 cm (7.9 in). Stick insects (Phasmatodea) The longest known stick insects are also the longest known insects, notably species in the tribe Pharnaciini...

Carrion insects (also known as necrophilous insects) are insects associated with decomposing remains. The processes of decomposition begin within a few...

The one-size-fits-all hypothesis of spider and insect male genitalia was proposed by William G. Eberhard et al. in 1998. It asserts that male genitalia...

Human interactions with insects include both a wide variety of uses, whether practical such as for food, textiles (especially silk), and dyestuffs, or...

A bottle trap is a type of baited arboreal insect trap for collecting either prized or harmful frugivorous beetles, especially flower beetles, leaf chafers...

glucoNASturtiin. This type has increased resistance to some specialized insects. In this context, the usual chemotype of B. vulgaris is called the "BAR"...

Ultracoelostoma brittini, also known as sooty beech scale, is a species of scale insect. It is endemic to New Zealand. This species is known from the South Island...

smallest known insect genome as of 2014, with only 99 million base pairs (Mbp) of nucleotides and about 13,500 genes. It is the only insect that can survive...

Insector X (インセクターX, Insekuta X) is a horizontally scrolling shooter developed by Hot-B and released in arcades by Taito in 1989. It was ported to the...

occurs in fungi, bacteria and some groups of invertebrates, including insects. The uses of bioluminescence by animals include counterillumination camouflage...

The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environmentally friendly method for the biological control of pests using area-wide inundative release of sterile...

Insects have appeared in music from Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee" to such popular songs as "Blue-tailed Fly" and the folk song "La Cucaracha"...

listed 608 vulnerable insect species. Of all evaluated insect species, 10% are listed as vulnerable. The IUCN also lists 15 insect subspecies as vulnerable...

In insect anatomy, the arista is a simple or variously modified apical or subapical bristle, arising from the third antennal segment. It is the evolutionary...

Halter (lacewing), a genus of insects in the family Nemopteridae Halteres, singular halter, small organs found in some insects Holter (disambiguation) This...

Pseudobactricia ridleyi, also known as Ridley's stick insect, is an extinct stick insect of the family Diapheromeridae. The species was endemic to Singapore...

large, primitive Palaeozoic paleopterous insects. They are informative about the evolution of wings in insects. They were characterized by beak-like mouthparts...

stick insect in New Zealand is the smooth stick insect (Clitarchus hookeri) (Salmon 1991). Following Günther (1953), the New Zealand stick insects are placed...

forcipules — modified legs — to deliver venom, while scorpions and stinging insects inject venom with a sting. In bees and wasps, the stinger is a modified...

study eclosion in insects, particularly in the model organism drosophila (fruit flies). Eclosion is the process in which an adult insect emerges from its...

In entomology, petiole is the narrow waist of some hymenopteran insects, especially ants, bees, and wasps in the suborder Apocrita. The petiole can consist...

contributions to the understanding of insect flight, especially the clap and fling mechanism used by very small insects. James Lighthill named this "the Weis-Fogh...

Entoria is a genus of stick insects in the tribe Clitumnini, erected by Carl Stål in 1875. Species have been recorded from: China, Japan, Indochina and...

The cervix in insects is a membrane that separates the head from the thorax and is composed of structures from both of these. A pair of lateral cervical...

animals (typically insects and other arthropods) capable of injecting venom, usually by piercing the epidermis of another animal. An insect sting is complicated...

Villa vestita (Walker, 1849) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Villa (insect). Hull, F.M. (1973). Bee flies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae...

This is a list of films which prominently feature insects, either as anthropomorphic protagonists, antagonists or mutations such as in horror films, or...

stick) is a device used to mitigate the effects of an insect sting (e. g. wasp sting) or insect bite (e. g. mosquito bite) by briefly heating the skin...

Pacific Insects was a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Entomology Department at the Bishop Museum from 1959 to 1982. It was...

Platycorypha nigrivirga is an insect. Adult Platycorypha nigrivirga are yellowish or green and have a dark transverse stripe on the head. Dark markings...

show has been broadcast around the world on Nick Jr. A Welsh version of Insect Antics dubbed 'Y Crads Bach' for S4C aired in 2000. In 2018, episodes started...

Retrieved 2018-03-06. Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9...

Sasajiscymnus tsugae, formerly Pseudoscymnus tsugae, is a species of insect in the family Coccinellidae. It feeds on the hemlock woolly adelgid. The species...

These tiny wasps (length less than 1 mm) are parasitoids of other small insects, mainly whitefly species, including the widespread pest Aleurothrixus floccosus...

Pulchriphyllium bioculatum, also Gray's leaf insect, is a leaf insect native to Sumatra and the southern part of Malay Peninsula. Its specific epithet...

The Center for Insect Biomanufacturing and Innovation (CIBI), formerly known as the Center for Environmental Sustainability through Insect Farming (CEIF)...

Miller, G. L.; et al. (2019). "ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics". doi:10.1093/database/bav118. Retrieved 2019-10-24...

Sadyattes is a genus of stick insects in the subfamily Platycraninae and tribe Stephanacridini. Species have a known distribution from Sumatra and Borneo...

Hemineura is a genus of insects belonging to the family Elipsocidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America. Species: Hemineura...

breath, or swelling. Common allergens include pollen, certain foods, metals, insect stings, medications, and materials, such as latex. The development of allergies...

Journal of Insect Science is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering entomology. It was established in 2001 with support from the University...

oxide (Fe2O3) that is used to treat mild itching. It benefits sunburn, insect bites, allergenic irritation, and other mild skin conditions, and may also...

Nisyrus is a genus of stick insects belonging to the tribe Xeroderini and found in the Pacific Islands. The Phasmida Species File lists: Nisyrus amphibius...

Permila borealis is an extinct insect. "Permotipulidae -- fossil diptera cat". hbs.bishopmuseum.org. Retrieved 2023-05-16. v t e...

The Gerridae are a family of insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly known as water striders, water skeeters, water scooters, water bugs, pond skaters...

the insect pheromone-binding family A10/OS-D is a family of small helical proteins postulated to contribute to the specificity of the insect’s olfactory...

to the plant due to the terpene nepetalactone, which acts as a natural insect repellent and induces playful, euphoric behavior in cats. It is used in...

species of stick insect in the order Phasmatodea. It is endemic to India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The eggs of the stick insect are spheric, ca....

in insect pathology as well as in the use of insect pathogens for the biological control of pest insects. He worked mainly on the diagnosis of insect diseases...

Theramenes is a genus of medium-sized stick insects in the tribe Obrimini, which is native to the Philippines and to the Indonesian Talaud Islands. The...

1702 data deficient insect species. Of all evaluated insect species, 28% are listed as data deficient. No subpopulations of insects have been evaluated...

lacustra, also known as the Lake Tahoe benthic stonefly, is a species of insect in the family Capniidae. It was first described by S.G. Jewett in 1965 and...

Richard W.; Cummins, Kenneth W., eds. (2008). An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America. Kendall/Hunt. ISBN 978-0787232412. Houghton, D. C.; DeWalt...

40-49. ISBN 92-4-120905-4 O'Toole, Christopher. The New Encyclopedia of Insects and Their Allies. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2002. 100. v t e...

Insect development during storage requires special consideration when further criminal investigation is necessary to solve a crime. Decomposition is a...

natural pyrethrin as the active agent. It is also known as Persian pellitory, insect powder and internationally as pyrethrum. Persian powder is a green pesticide...

Bison Licking Insect Bite is a prehistoric carving from the Upper Paleolithic, found at Abri de la Madeleine near Tursac in Dordogne, France, the type-site...

diverse family of flies (Diptera) with larvae that are parasitoids of other insects. He was perhaps the most prolific publisher of new tachinids, naming and...

Insects has found uses in art, as in other aspects of culture, both symbolically and physically, from ancient times. Artforms include the direct usage...

occasionally referred to by the common name Manobos stick-insect,is a species of stick insect in the family Heteropterygidae. It is native to the Philippine...

a genus of slender predatory insects of the family Nepidae, known as Water mantis, water scorpions or water stick-insects. There are more than 140 Ranatra...

Pteronarcys californica is a species of insect in the family Pteronarcyidae, the giant stoneflies and salmonflies. It is known commonly as a salmonfly...

Prosapia bicincta, the two-lined spittlebug, is a species of insect in the family Ischnorhinidae (formerly Cercopidae). Adults are black with two red or...

Coelolepida is a clade of insects in the lepidopteran order, containing the infraorders Acanthoctesia, Lophocoronina, Neopseustina, Exoporia and Heteroneura...

2015) was an Indian entomologist and insect ecologist. His areas of specialization was in the study of gall insects (Cecidology) and chemical ecology. He...

Stink bug may refer to: Any insect in the true bug (hemipteran) family Pentatomidae, generally called shield bugs or stink bugs Halyomorpha halys, or brown...

that more than 16% of neotropical insect species carry bacteria of this genus, and as many as 25 to 70% of all insect species are estimated to be potential...

The Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum (HMIM) is the largest insect collection in Iran with over 4 million insect specimens, including 20–25,000 local species...

center of each of the latter. The species is carnivorous, feeding mostly on insects but also on other invertebrates, such as land snails and earthworms. The...

generally ignore humans and other animals. Most bumblebees are eusocial insects that form colonies with a single queen. The colonies are smaller than those...

systems in animals include the ZW system in birds and the XO system in some insects. Various environmental systems include temperature-dependent sex determination...

tessulatus), the tessellated stick insect, tessellated phasmid or tessulata stick insect, is a medium-sized, stick insect found in the Brisbane area of Australia...

pre-emptive, tight circular, gregarious defensive behavior seen in many immature insects. The term was coined in 1988 by entomologists Joao Vasconcellos-Neto and...

Athanasios Koutroumbas Insect Museum, also known as the Entomological Museum, is a museum in Volos, Magnesia, Greece. It includes more than 100,000 specimens...

Dobsonflies are a subfamily of insects, Corydalinae, part of the Megalopteran family Corydalidae. The larvae (commonly called hellgrammites) are aquatic...

Cryptophyllium westwoodii is a species of leaf insect in the family Phylliidae. It is distributed from southern China, the Andaman islands, Myanmar, Indo-China...

Calvisia is a genus of stick insects in the subfamily Necrosciinae (tribe Necrosciini). Species are known to be distributed in temperate and tropical...

A mezcal worm is an insect larva found in some types of mezcal produced in Oaxaca, Mexico. The larva is a red maguey worm, the caterpillar of the Comadia...

commonly known as the giant northern stick insect or Wülfing's stick-insect, is a species of stick insect belonging to the taxonomic tribe Phasmatini...

most painful of any insect sting; scoring 4.0 on the Schmidt sting pain index compared to the bullet ant's 4.0+. It is the state insect of New Mexico. The...

blood feeding insects that may infest human dwellings Bed bug or bed bugs may also refer to: Cimex, a genus of small nocturnal insect of which members...

Arthropods, including insects and spiders, make use of smooth adhesive pads as well as hairy pads for climbing and locomotion along non-horizontal surfaces...

insect order Neuroptera, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron), meaning "nerve", and πτερόν (pterón), meaning "wing", also known as net-winged insects,...

Eubulides is a stick insect genus native to the Philippines. The representatives of Eubulides are medium-sized, very slender and only slightly or hardly...

Pylaemenes is a genus of stick insects in the family Heteropterygidae and subfamily Dataminae. It combines small to medium-sized, often brightly colored...

crawled upon or nibbled by insects, such as ants, or other small creatures. This paraphilia often involves the application of insects to the genitals, but other...

sun-bathing animals such as snakes, or water-loving animals such as lizards and insects. In his domain over agriculture, Kokopelli's flute-playing chases away...

of the parasitoid. Parasitoids are found in a variety of taxa across the insect superorder Endopterygota, whose complete metamorphosis may have pre-adapted...

Food Prize for their collaborative achievements in developing the sterile insect technique for eradicating or suppressing the threat posed by pests to the...

2020 in paleoentomology is a list of new fossil insect taxa that were described during the year 2020, as well as other significant discoveries and events...

The Denmark Hill Insect Bed is a Triassic fossil locality in the Denmark Hill Conservation Park of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It belongs to the Blackstone...

Insects have appeared in literature from classical times to the present day, an aspect of their role in culture more generally. Insects represent both...

301 near threatened insect species. Of all evaluated insect species, 5.0% are listed as near threatened. No subpopulations of insects have been evaluated...

attacked by a wide variety of pests, the most important being rodents, insects, mites, nematodes and gastropod molluscs. The damage they do results both...

Onchestus rentzi is an Australian species of stick insect, commonly named the crowned stick insect, described in 2006. It lives in rainforests along the...

trachea or tracheole in an insect's respiratory system. The geometry of the Taenidiae varies across different orders of insects and even throughout the tracheae...

ˈkɑːrmaɪn/) – also called cochineal (when it is extracted from the cochineal insect), cochineal extract, crimson lake, or carmine lake – is a pigment of a bright-red...

insect and the golden-eyed stick insect, is a species of phasmid found in the Cordillera del Condor region of northern Peru. In the wild the insect feeds...

Insects (Czech: Hmyz) is a 2018 surrealist comedy film directed by Jan Švankmajer, the film is based on the play Pictures from the Insects' Life by Karel...

esterase, and juvenile hormone carboxyesterase. Juvenile hormone (JH) controls insect metamorphosis. High JH titers maintain the larval state while a decrease...

of insect development which includes four life stages: egg, larva, pupa, and imago (or adult). Holometabolism is a synapomorphic trait of all insects in...

The Insects is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal of entomology published monthly by MDPI since 2010. The editor-in-chief is Brian T. Forschler...

kingdom of Fungi, that can infect and seriously disable or kill insects. Pathogenicity for insects is widely distributed in the kingdom of fungi and occur in...

flavouring industries throughout the world. Citronella oil is also a plant-based insect repellent and has been registered for this use in the United States since...

provides conditions ideally suited to bacteria that metabolise cellulose. Insects cannot metabolise cellulose independently, but the presence of these bacteria...

rabbit, and guinea pig, are used as livestock in some parts of the world. Insect farming, as well as aquaculture of fish, molluscs, and crustaceans, is widespread...

public health entomology, and also veterinary entomology is focused upon insects and arthropods that impact human health. Veterinary entomology is included...

Glowworm is any member of various groups of insect larvae and adult larviform females that glow through bioluminescence. They include the European common...

Insect and Individual Silenced is the fourth album by Nurse with Wound. The album was recorded in 1981 with core member Steven Stapleton being joined by...

Aleyrodidae (whiteflies) Aphidoidea (aphids) Aphididae Coccoidea (scale insects) Aclerdidae Asterolecaniidae (pit scales) Beesoniidae (beesoniids) Carayonemidae...

(/ˌlɛpɪˈdɒptərə/ LEP-ih-DOP-tər-ə) or lepidopterans are an order of winged insects which include butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera...

It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term...

Clitoria is a genus of mainly tropical and subtropical, insect-pollinated flowering pea vines. This genus was named after the human clitoris, for the flowers...

feature alien races and enemy types distinct from the Ravagers and the insects, including the bipedal frog-like Colonists (their "resemblance" to humans...

The gold-digging ant is a mythical insect described in classical and medieval bestiaries. They were dog- or fox-sized ants that dug up gold in sandy areas...

entomology, which involves the study of insects that benefit or harm humans, domestic animals, and crops. Insects that pose disadvantages are considered...

Picaridin, also known as icaridin, is an insect repellent which can be used directly on skin or clothing. It has broad efficacy against various arthropods...

segments and pairs of appendages. Insect species make up more than two-thirds of all extant animal species. Most insect species reproduce sexually, though...

what is considered a delicacy. The long-standing tradition and practice of insect consumption represented in Oaxaca, Mexico has occurred for centuries. The...

Mallada signatus, commonly known as the green lacewing is a species of insect described by Wilhelm Gottlieb Schneider in 1851. It is one of the species...

Tisamenus makinis is a species of stick insect in the family Heteropterygidae native to the east of Philippine island of Luzon. Tisamenus makinis is a...

organisms, including animals such as insects, mites, and nematodes; fungi; bacteria; viruses; and other plants. Insect galls are the highly distinctive plant...

Native Bees. p. 78. Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1...

A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted...

an extensive series of insect drawings and to show insects in all stages of development. In addition to more than 3,000 insect illustrations, he also...

southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It was designated the state insect of Colorado in 1996. It is the only species in the genus Hypaurotis. The...

Laporte, 1832 Iria Stål, 1867 Nassunia Stål, 1860 Omolon (insect) Walker, 1862 Rhexia (insect) Stål, 1867 Smiliorachis Fairmaire, 1846 "TaxonPages: World...

inconspicuous or no petals, usually wind-pollinated (anemophilous) but sometimes insect-pollinated (as in Salix). It contains many, usually unisexual flowers, arranged...

Sungaya inexpectata is a species of stick insects and the type species of genus Sungaya. The species name is derived from the Latin as "inexpectatus"...

Acricotopus lucens (also known as chironomus lucens) is a species of insect in the diptera order and belongs to the genus Acricotopus in the family Chironomidae...

The Insect Woman (Korean: 충녀; RR: Chungnyeo) is a 1972 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young. A melodrama about a professor under psychiatric care...

abdomen area is flattened on the sides and greatly broadened. The nocturnal insects hide during the day in the leafy layer of the ground or on or behind bark...

This paleoentomology list records new fossil insect taxa that were described during the year 2021, as well as notes other significant paleoentomology discoveries...

behavior. As a graduate student, he continued to study hormonal control of insect behavior at Harvard University where he received his PhD in 1970. His doctoral...

Micropolis, la cité des insectes (city of insects) is situated in the Lévézou region of France, at Saint-Léons, near Millau. Micropolis is a museum dedicated...

Alpha-Insect Toxin LqhαIT is a neurotoxic protein found in the venom of the Leiurus hebraeus, commonly known as the Hebrew deathstalker scorpion. It is...

if symptoms appear to be improving. Common causes include allergies to insect bites and stings, allergies to foods—including nuts, peanuts, milk, fish...

dimensions of biology, taxonomy, morphology, and faunistic studies of insects. Presidents serve for one year with the assistance of the Governing Board...

Eorpidae is a small family of extinct insects in the scorpionfly order, Mecoptera, which contains a single genus, Eorpa. Three Eocene age species found...

Chasmoptera huttii is an insect in the spoonwing family (Nemopteridae). found in Western Australia. It was first described in 1848 by John Obadiah Westwood...

asperrimus is a species of insect in the Aretaon genus of the Phasmatodea order. The sometimes used common name thorny stick insect is a bit misleading, since...

the term insectoid ("insect-like") denotes any fantastical fictional creature sharing physical or other traits with ordinary insects (or arachnids). Most...

northern walkingstick (Diapheromera femorata) is a species of phasmid or stick insect found across North America. The average length of this species is 75 millimetres...

Insects are among the most diverse groups of animals on the planet, including more than a million described species and representing more than half of...

anatomical structure in the insect group known as sawflies. The cenchri are small blister-like lobes on the metanotum of these insects, just posterior to the...

medium-sized species of stick insects. A relatively rarely used common name for the genus is triangular back stick insect, which in turn refers to the...

A planidium is a specialized form of insect larva seen in the first-instar of a few families of insects that have parasitoidal ways of life. They are usually...

among the wasp-waisted Apocrita within the Hymenoptera, and in two other insect orders, the Diptera (true flies) and Coleoptera (beetles). Seventeen families...

A window screen (also known as insect screen, bug screen, fly screen, flywire, window mesh, wire mesh, or window net) is designed to cover the opening...

Entotrust certification is a voluntary product certification of insects as food, and related insect-based foods, which allows producers to communicate their...

wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect and struggles to adjust to his new condition. The novella has been recreated...

Historically, insects have been the most significant herbivores, and the evolution of land plants is closely associated with the evolution of insects. While...

Chloronia mirifica is an insect in the family Corydalidae. It occurs from Mexico to Peru. "Chloronia mirifica". Integrated Taxonomic Information System...

examples have been reported. It typically results from mild trauma such as an insect bite. Risk factors for developing multiple dermatofibromas include lupus...

A storage pest is an insect or other animal that damages or destroys stored food or other valuable organic matter. Insects make up a large proportion...

"Death to the fascist insect that preys upon the life of the people!" may refer to: A motto originally used by the Symbionese Liberation Army. A 2001 group...

known as Pharnacia serratipes) is a species of stick insect that at one time was the longest known insect, with one female specimen recorded as being 55.5 cm...

Insecticidal soap is used to control many plant insect pests. Soap has been used for more than 200 years as an insect control. Because insecticidal soap works...

Lachnus roboris is a species of insect belonging to the family Aphididae. It is native to Europe. "Lachnus roboris (Linnaeus, 1758)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved...

biology: Labellum (botany), a part of a flower Labellum (insect anatomy), a part of the mouth of an insect Labella is also a surname. Ana María Martínez Labella...

Entomological warfare (EW) is a type of biological warfare that uses insects to interrupt supply lines by damaging crops, or to directly harm enemy combatants...

Parasipyloidea zehntneri, or the thin grass stick insect, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Parasipyloidea. It is found in Sri Lanka...

hundreds of thousands of deaths every year. The term is also used for some insects and other organisms that transmit plant pathogens to crops. Agents regarded...

p. 395. Latreille, P.A. (1804). "Tableau méthodique des insectes. Classe huitième. Insectes, Insecta" (PDF). Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle...

Spotless Group SAS was a pan-European manufacturer of insect control and laundry products, based in Paris, France. In 2015, it became part of Germany's...

Xylococculus betulae is a species of scale insect. Alex L. Shigo. "Another scale insect on Beech" (PDF). Nrs.fs.fed.us. Archived from the original (PDF)...

Acanthoxyla inermis (the unarmed stick insect) is an insect that was described by John Salmon in 1955. Acanthoxyla inermis is included in the genus Acanthoxyla...

1016/j.cretres.2017.06.016. Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). "Two interesting insects in Burmese amber". The Entomologist. 52: 193–195. Ngô-Muller, V.; Garrouste...

Insect Dreams: The Half Life of Gregor Samsa is a sequel to Franz Kafka's 1915 short-story The Metamorphosis, written in 2002 by Marc Estrin. Gregor Samsa...

sclerites of the head and the mouthparts of certain immature and adult insects". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 14 (2): 65–103. doi:10...

The lateral horn (lateral protocerebrum) is one of the two areas of the insect brain where projection neurons of the antennal lobe send their axons. The...

Omalus puncticollis is a species of insect belonging to the family Chrysididae. Synonym: Omalus aeneus puncticollis "Taxonomy browser (Omalus puncticollis)"...

American microbiologist Edward Arthur Steinhaus in 1959 as the Journal of Insect Pathology, renamed in 1965, and in 1968 adopted as the official journal...

dried bodies of the females of a scale insect in the genus Kermes, primarily Kermes vermilio. The Kermes insects are native to the Mediterranean region...

23, 1947 – February 18, 2023) was an American entomologist, co-author of Insect Defenses: Adaptive Mechanisms and Strategies of Prey and Predators, author...

insecticide, it can be sprayed onto outer clothing or mosquito nets to kill the insects that touch them. Side effects include rash and irritation where it is applied...

Geinitzia is an extinct genus of flying insects belonging to the order Reculida and family Geinitziidae. Species belonging to the genus lived from the...

pore-like sexual organ of a female insect that is inseminated by the spermatophores ejected by the aedeagus of a male insect during copulation. The spermatophores...

all Plasmodium species it has vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts are reptiles. The insect vector is not known. This species was described...

mainly eat ants and termites, but they occasionally eat bees, beetles, and insect larvae. In captivity, they will eat fruits and meat. The genus name is derived...

fly, was described in 1923 by British entomologist Enrico Brunetti. This insect is usually between 10.3 and 10.4 mm. Given its wasp-like appearance, P....

Chrysoperla carnea, one of the species of common green lacewing, is an insect in the Chrysopidae family. Although the adults feed on nectar, pollen and...

and cotton) traits consist of herbicide tolerance (95.9 million hectares) insect resistance (25.2 million hectares), or both (58.5 million hectares). In...

been working on entomological researches and allied issues relating to insects. In 1934 it was merged with the Bureau of Plant Quarantine to form the...

Nawa Insect Museum (名和昆虫博物館, Nawa Konchū Hakubutsukan) is a museum in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the Nawa Insect Research...

blue color when operating. These tubes are made for use in "bug zapper" insect traps, and are identified by the industry designation "BL". This stands...

contain genes that make them either tolerant to herbicides or resistant to insects. Other common traits include virus resistance, delayed ripening, modified...

Eusocial insects have developed from their organization an ability to recognize one another within their society. This recognition of others, from recognizing...

weeds from organic fields. Insects are another contributor to yield loss in organic beans. There are several examples of insects that affect organic bean...

opuntiae, also known as the prickly pear cochineal, is a species of scale insect in the family Dactylopiidae. Dactylopius opuntiae was first identified by...

Thysania agrippina is of interest as a competitor for title of "largest insect". This may be true by the measure of wingspan—a Brazilian specimen with...

prevent or delay insect resistance, growers plant a refuge on their farm. This is an area of non-GM plants where insect can live. These insect will not evolve...

American insect physiologist and a professor of entomology at the University of Illinois. He is considered a founding figure in the field of insect nutrition...

digging up pupae for rearing. He published a book The Insect Hunter's Companion to popularize insect study. Greene studied at Trinity College Dublin, graduating...

Dicopomorpha echmepterygis is the smallest known insect and a species of parasitoid wasp of the family Mymaridae, which exhibits strong sexual dimorphism...

and the production of seeds. Pollinating agents can be animals such as insects, for example bees, beetles or butterflies; birds, and bats; water; wind;...

study of insects and closely related terrestrial arthropods, has been impelled by the necessity of societies to protect themselves from insect-borne diseases...

caves and used as fertiliser. Bats consume insect pests, reducing the need for pesticides and other insect management measures. Bats are sometimes numerous...

to have invented a levitation platform which operated by attaching dead insect body parts to the underside. Grebennikov wrote detailed accounts of his...

The brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) is an insect in the family Pentatomidae, native to China, Japan, Korea, and other Asian regions. In...

are found in Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, Hawaii, and Australia. Insects of this genus are omnivorous and a well-known pest of many agricultural...

Cuìyù Báicài; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhùi-ge̍k Pe̍h-chhài) or Jadeite Cabbage with Insects is a piece of jadeite carved into the shape of a napa cabbage head, and...

Tirachoidea cantori or Cantor's stick insect is a species of stick insect in the order Phasmatodea. It is commonly found in Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar...

Mantophasmatidae is a family of carnivorous wingless insects in southern Africa which are placed within the order or suborder Mantophasmatodea. They were...

3–3.5 in), with a wingspan up to 100–150 millimetres (3.9–5.9 in). This insect has a protuberance at its head as long as 10–15 millimetres (0.39–0.59 in)...

Tisamenus alviolanus is a species of stick insect in the family Heteropterygidae native to the Philippine island of Negros. Tisamenus alviolanus is a small...

Arthropod defensins are a family defensin proteins found in mollusks, insects, and arachnids. These cysteine-rich antibacterial peptides are primarily...

Experimental Station in Hertfordshire. They specialise in the development of insect olfaction technologies for the detection of trace chemicals, specifically...

Leach, 1818 Leach WE (1818). On the Classification of the Natural Tribe of Insects Notonectides, with descriptions of the British Species. Transactions of...

versirubra, the red-winged green giant stick insect/Timor Giant Stick Insect, is a species of stick insect from Timor, Solor, and Wetar, The original habitat...

bright colours. However, there may be red marks on the head. When the insects are at rest, the wing surfaces form a common plane like in house flies...

a pesticide or an insecticide such as aerosol propellants for killing insects and other arthropods. Foggers are often used by consumers as a low cost...

species in North America and Europe. The first written evidence of the insect appearing within the United States was in 1916 in a nursery near Riverton...

flowering plants and insects in On the Origin of Species (1859). He used the similar word coadaptation and suggested how plants and insects could evolve through...

Haematosiphon inodorus is a species of blood-sucking obligate ectoparasitic insect from the family Cimicidae, commonly called Mexican chicken bug, chicken...

service (link) Nuclear Death at AllMusic Bride of Insect/Carrion for Worm review on Vampire Magazine Bride of Insect/Carrion for Worm review on VS Webzine...

increases in overall insect population, and some types of insects appear to be increasing in abundance across the world. Not all insect orders are affected...

now common in tropical climates because human activity has extended the insects' range of habitation, and are virtually cosmopolitan in distribution as...

The scale insect genus Desmococcus is a group in the family Pityococcidae, comprising two species from the western United States, feeding on pines. The...

Grape phylloxera is an insect pest of grapevines worldwide, originally native to eastern North America. Grape phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae Fitch...

abdomen of most larval forms of insects of the order Lepidoptera, though they can also be found on larvae of insects such as sawflies. In all the orders...

were used in traditional apothecary preparations as "Cantharides". The insect is the source of the terpenoid cantharidin, a toxic blistering agent once...

The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE, branded as icipe) is an international scientific research institute, headquartered in...

The propodeum is a term that can refer to unrelated structures in insects or in mollusks. The first abdominal segment in Apocrita Hymenoptera (wasps,...

of Insect Science is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal of entomology. It is published by the Indian Society for the Advancement of Insect Science...

pseudolobata, the lobate lac scale, is a polyphagous and pestiferous lac scale insect, which damages trees and woody shrubs in Cuba, Florida, the Bahamas and...

almost-white underside. The hermaphrodite cream-white flowers appear in May, are insect pollinated, and go on to produce scarlet berries, which are often eaten...

The social networks of colonies of social insects have been extensively studied as model biological networks. Ant social networks have three main types...

Hyphinoe camelus is a species of insect in the family of treehoppers and thornbugs, the Membracidae. In the genus Hyphinoe, the main feature distinguishing...

stories. The stories included in this book are "Suspicion", "Insect Collector", "Insect Collector – The Butterfly Road Smells of Death", "Volcanic Eruption"...

betulae and the beech scale insect, Cryptococcus fagisuga. Through a presently unknown mechanism, excessive feeding by this insect causes two different fungi...

Ramulus trilineatus is a species of phasmid or stick insect. It is found in Sri Lanka. "Species Details : Ramulus trilineatus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)"...

lacustrine environment. The Blackstone Formation contains the Denmark Hill Insect Bed. In 1964, dinosaur footprints were discovered from the Rhondda colliery...

plants that deceives an insect into attempting to copulate with a flower. The flower mimics a potential female mate of a male insect, which then serves the...