Mouthparts Mouthparts: Chewing Wings: 2 pair: Mesothorax wings toughened (=tegmina) to protect membraneous, folded (fan-like) metathoracic wings. Body characteristics front legs modified for grasping, elongate, thin body & legs for camouflage egg - distinctive egg case Where found: Camouflaged in vegetation - highly predacious so found alone.

Morphology

Behaviors

The female may start feeding by biting off the male’s head (as they do with regular prey), and if mating had begun, the male’s movements may become even more vigorous in its delivery of sperm.

Southern African indigenous mythology refers to the praying mantis as a god in Khoi and San traditional myths and practices, and the word for the mantis in Afrikaans is hottentotsgot (literally, the god of the Khoi).

Order Dermaptera- Earwigs

Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subfamily: Hexapoda Class: Insecta Order: Dermaptera (Earwigs)

Range

These pincers are used to capture prey, defend themselves and fold their wings under the short tegmina. The antennae are thread-like with at least 10 segments or more. • Earwigs are characterized by the cerci, or the pair of forceps-like pincers on their abdomen; male earwigs have curved pincers, while females have straight ones.

Life Cycle and reproduction • Simple metamorphosis with visible changes including increasing number of antennal segments and progressive wing development until sexual maturity. The mother cares for the eggs and nymphs.

Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Class Insecta (Insects) Order Thysanoptera (Thrips) Explanation of Names Thysanoptera = "fringe wing", Greek--thysanos = fringe plus pteron = wing. (The wings of thrips are characteristically fringed with long hairs)

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Thrips are • Small insects, 0.5 to 5 mm long. • Four wings, narrow, with few veins, fringed with long hairs. • Mouthparts of sucking type, stout conical proboscis (beak). • Short antennae, 4-9 segments. • Tarsi 1-2 segments. • Metamorphosis is intermediate between simple and complete. The first 2 instars have no external wings.

Identification • The males and females look similar, but males a bit smaller. • Several generations in a year. • Plant feeders, flowers, leaves, fruits, twigs, buds. Few species feed on fungi, few are predaceous. • Feeding destroys plant cells, they empty the cells which become silverish in color. If the attack is heavy, plant tissue will turn brown and dry up. • Thrips are often vectors of diseases.

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