Insects

• insects

  • wings
  • six legs
  • pair of antennae
  • compound eyes
  • 0-2 pairs of wings
• insect mouths

  • piercing mouth: for piercing thru skin
  • sponging mouth: fly (slurping)
  • siphoning: butterfly (sucking)
  • chewing mouth
• complete metamorphosis


  larva, pupa, adult
• incomplete metamorphosis


  nymph grows into adult
• ovipositor


  extension of the last body segment of the female