Insect anatomy
Across
- 3. Antennae with round segments that look like a string of beads
- 6. Hard & powerful cutting jaws
- 7. Posterior most segment
- 11. Form a complex image of the environment; visual organ made of thousands of ommatidia
- 13. Lower mouth cover or Lower "lip"; represents fused pair of ancestral second Maxillae
- 15. Second segment in the leg; found between Coxa & Femur
- 16. Final segment in the leg; Contains Tarsomeres & usually ends in one or two Unguis
- 18. Term for antennae with wider segments towards the tip; Club-like in appearance
- 19. Third segment in the leg; often thickest/stoutest segment in the leg
- 22. Tongue-like structure in floor of mouth; salivary glands discharge saliva through it
- 24. Aka: Unguis
- 25. Antennae with an abrupt bend or elbow
- 26. Fourth segment in the leg; found between Femur & Tarsus, covered in spines & hairs in many species
- 27. Antennae with flat & plate-like segments at the tip
- 28. Simple Photo-receptors that are used to detect movement; "simple eyes"
- 30. An opening on the Thorax & Abdomen that allows insect to breathe
Down
- 1. Rear pair of wings on an insect with four wings
- 2. First segment in the leg; attaches leg to thorax
- 4. Term for thin & threadlike antennae
- 5. "Pincers" less powerful than mandibles; used to steady & manipulate food
- 8. Antennae with segments that have fine thread-like branches, making them look like feathers.
- 9. Term for antennae with segments angled to one side; look like a saw edge
- 10. Paired sensory appendages on abdomen of many species
- 12. Antennae with longer segments on one side, making them look comb-like
- 14. Paired sensory organs attached to an insect's head
- 17. Antennae that are tapered to fine points at the ends
- 20. The tiny individual units within compound eyes; has several photoreceptors that allow the compound eye to form a mosaic image
- 21. Front pair of wings on an insect with four wings
- 23. Anterior most segment of an insect's body
- 26. Middle segment
- 29. Upper mouth cover or Upper "lip"