Ento Terms

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