Ento Terms
Across
- 1. word describing something that eats fruits
- 6. something that eats plant materials
- 8. the act of feeding on decaying organic matter
- 9. a chemical substance secreted to influence the behavior or physiology of the same species
- 10. jumping legs
- 12. hardened, shield like wings
- 13. meaning near still or slow moving water
- 15. thread-like antennae
- 16. and adjective meaning they only reproduce once in their life time
- 19. chewing mouthparts
- 21. a chemical substance released to affect the behavior or physiology of another species
- 25. the act of eating keratin-based materials such as hair
- 30. running legs
- 32. chemical substance released to benefit another species, but harms the emitter
- 34. used to describe an insect that just molted, but has not hardened
- 35. antennae that look like beads on a string
- 39. the act of eating pollen
- 40. a parasitoid species that paralyzes the host permanently
- 43. a term referring to enlarged wings
- 46. the act of eating blood
- 48. the act of eating mollusks
- 49. parasitic infection by fly larvae/maggots
- 51. forward facing mouthparts
- 52. when an insect prefers to be in contact with solid surfaces, often narrow. Often seen in Blattodea
Down
- 2. near a river
- 3. the act of eating eggs
- 4. the act of eating plant material
- 5. the term describing an individual who has completed metamorphosis but has yet to emerge from their pupal case
- 7. grasping legs
- 11. meaning living in trees
- 14. active during dawn and dusk hours
- 17. active during the day
- 18. a parasitoid species that allows the host to continue to grow
- 20. active during the night
- 22. meaning near flowing water
- 23. a wing reduced to balancing organs. seen in Diptera and Strepsiptera
- 24. a term referring to sucking mouthparts
- 26. the term for an ant plugging a tunnel with their head
- 27. using the arrangement of hairs/bristles to identify species
- 28. something that eats detritus
- 29. leathery wings, often forewings, ex: Blattodea
- 31. the act of eating wood or tree tissues
- 33. the act of eating fecal matter/dung
- 36. the act of being carried by another organism. often seen in mites
- 37. elbowed antennae
- 38. the act of eating insects
- 41. digging legs
- 42. the act of eating on dead animals or carrion
- 44. suddenly clubbed antennae
- 45. playing dead
- 47. dormancy during hot or dry periods
- 50. something that eats fungi