A Revolutionary Paleoindicator: Lepidoptera Scales
Moth scales, preserved in the mud of a coniferous forest lake, have been used to identify outbreaks of these insects over the past 10,000 years. This groundbreaking new technique, reported in the…
Moth scales, preserved in the mud of a coniferous forest lake, have been used to identify outbreaks of these insects over the past 10,000 years. This groundbreaking new technique, reported in the…
Oral apparatus is an organ that is used for feeding insects. Consists of: Upper lip (labrum)The upper jaw (mandible)Lower jaw (maxilla)Lower lip (labium) In some species of insects such as…
Head (Cephalon) Head in insects is in a solid capsule, as a result of coalescence of the six segments of embryonic: akron, antenaly, interkalary, mandibulary, maxillary, labialis. On his head…
Insect body is enveloped in a solid body shell – the skin, which in arthropods gives the body a constant shape and firmness, and presents an external skeleton. It’s composed…