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Scales are present on the bodies of various insects. A notable example are the Lepidoptera , the insect order comprising moths and butterflies, which have scales on their wings and on the head, parts of the thorax and abdomen, and parts of the genitalia.
The whole album, Songs for Swining Larvae, is inspired by insects. [9] There Ain't No Bugs On Me: Insects-general (Traditional folk song) (Traditional folk song) Unknown: Folk: There is a popular recording of this song by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman on the album, Not for Kids Only. Dog and Butterfly: Lepidoptera: Ann Wilson N/ancy Wilson ...
Pages in category "Songs about insects" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. The Blackfly Song;
Scales play an important part in the natural history of Lepidoptera. Scales enable the development of vivid or indistinct patterns which help the organism protect itself by camouflage, mimicry, and warning. Besides providing insulation, dark patterns on wings allow sunlight to be absorbed and are probably involved in thermoregulation.
The feathery wings of thrips, however, generate lift by clap and fling, a mechanism discovered by the Danish zoologist Torkel Weis-Fogh in 1973. In the clap part of the cycle, the wings approach each other over the insect's back, creating a circulation of air which sets up vortices and generates useful forces on the wings.
Scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha. Of dramatically variable appearance and extreme sexual dimorphism , they comprise the infraorder Coccomorpha which is considered a more convenient grouping than the superfamily Coccoidea due to taxonomic uncertainties.
Insects have appeared in music from Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee" to such popular songs as "Blue-tailed Fly" and the folk song La Cucaracha which is about a cockroach. Insect groups mentioned include bees, ants, flies and the various singing insects such as cicadas, crickets, and beetles, while other songs refer to bugs in general.
When she learned that other parents and children have lost interest in insects, she wrote the song to educate children about the insect ecology. The song is also the first to feature Oginome on ukulele. [3] [2] [4] [5] [6] The music video is a simple animation by Haruka Suzuki, featuring the various insects depicted in the song. [3] The single ...