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abdomen adult animals antennae Ants Aphids appendages aquatic attack Bees Beetle biting type body breathe atmospheric oxygen Bugs Butterflies Caddis Fly caterpillars cells Cerambycidae cerci characteristic Cockroaches Coleoptera Collembola colour compound eyes consist cycle developed Diptera Dragonflies eggs elytra environment Ephemeroptera example feed female flattened fliers Flies flight flowers forewings function galleries galls genus glands Grasshoppers habits head Hemiptera Heteroptera hind holometabolous Homoptera Horseflies Hymenoptera individuals insects inside integument known large numbers larvae larval stage leaf leaves live male mandibles Mantids material mating membranous metamorphosis mimicry Mosquito Moth mouth move movement Mullerian mimicry nests nymphs oothecae organs Orthoptera ovipositor parasites plants pollen predators prey primitive Processionary produce prothorax Protura pupa queen reproduction resemble segments shape similar slender species Springtails sting structure sub-order sucking surface survive swarm Termites thorax tree Trichoptera usually vertebrates Wasps wingless wings wood workers xylophagous