Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
[5] [6] Most species are closer to 5 cm (2 in) long, and some small species are under 1 cm (0.4 in) in head-plus-body length when mature. [7] Like that of spiders, the body plan of the Solifugae has two main tagmata: the prosoma, or cephalothorax, is the anterior tagma, and the 10-segmented abdomen, or opisthosoma, is the posterior tagma.
During mid-winter it is believed to become lethargic in burrows for days or weeks. Egg depositing has been recorded during early spring and late summer. [ 3 ] Data suggests that male M. picta are short-lived and die after the mating season due to high energy demands and low food intake.
Hydrophilidae, also known colloquially as water scavenger beetles, is a family of beetles. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Aquatic hydrophilids are notable for their long maxillary palps, which are longer than their antennae . [ 3 ]
Water can be broken down into its constituent hydrogen and oxygen by metabolic or abiotic processes, and later recombined to become water again. While the water cycle is itself a biogeochemical cycle, flow of water over and beneath the Earth is a key component of the cycling of other biogeochemicals. [8]
Thecosomata beat their wing-like parapodia to "fly" through the water. [8] [9] When descending to deeper water, they hold their wings up. They migrate vertically from day to night, so the community structure changes on a 24 hour cycle; during the day many organisms take refuge at water depths in excess of 100 m. [7]
Pages in category "Solifugae" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. ... This page was last edited on 2 January 2016, at 08:18 (UTC).
Males may spend the night in vegetation and return to their dance the following day. Although they do not feed, some briefly touch the surface to drink a little water before flying off. [16] Females typically lay between four hundred and three thousand eggs.
Arthur Loveridge (28 May 1891 – 16 February 1980) was a British biologist and herpetologist who wrote about animals of East Africa, particularly Tanzania, and of New Guinea.