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In this spider diagram, the position of the book lungs is labelled 1. Spider book lungs (cross section) Internal anatomy of a female spider, book lungs shown in pink A book lung is a type of respiration organ used for atmospheric gas-exchange that is present in many arachnids, such as scorpions and spiders.
During the Greek Archaic Era, the grasshopper was the symbol of the polis of Athens, [70] possibly because they were among the most common insects on the dry plains of Attica. [70] Native Athenians for a while wore golden grasshopper brooches to symbolise that they were of pure Athenian lineage with no foreign ancestors. [70]
Internal anatomy of a female - 1 o-slit shaped orifice of poison gland. Behind the mouth opening is a mandible with a 5 segmented palpus. a-anus. s-are the two column-shaped spiracles leading into the lungs or tracheae. s'-is an unpaired spiracle that leads into tubular tracheae. The abdomen has the intestine and ovary embedded in the liver.
A grasshopper has an open circulatory system, where hemolymph moves through interconnected sinuses or hemocoels, spaces surrounding the organs. Above is a diagram of an open circulatory system. An open circulatory system is made up of a heart, vessels, and hemolymph.
The development of insect mouthparts from the primitive chewing mouthparts of a grasshopper in the centre (A), to the lapping type (B) of a bee, the siphoning type (C) of a butterfly and the sucking type (D) of a female mosquito. Legend: a, antennae; c, compound eye; lb, labium; lr, labrum; md, mandibles; mx, maxillae; hp hypopharynx.
Species such as the Senegalese grasshopper (Oedaleus senegalensis) [30] and the African rice grasshopper (Hieroglyphus daganensis), both from the Sahel, often display locust-like behaviour and change morphologically on crowding. [30] North America is the only sub-continent besides Antarctica without a native locust species.
Aquatic insects consume the stored air while under water or use it to regulate buoyancy. During a molt, air sacs fill and enlarge as the insect breaks free of the old exoskeleton and expands a new one. Between molts, the air sacs provide room for new growth—shrinking in volume as they are compressed by expansion of internal organs.
The desert locust is a species of orthopteran in the family Acrididae, subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae. [2] There are two subspecies, one called Schistocerca gregaria gregaria, the better known and of huge economic importance, located north of the equator, and the other, Schistocerca gregaria flaviventris, [9] [10] which has a smaller range in south-west Africa and is of less economic importance ...