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GLOSSARY
Abdomen
The rear part of the body behind the thorax.
Antenna
One of a pair of mobile appendages on the heads of
insects (plural: antennae) that often respond to touch
and taste, but may be specialised for swimming.
Aquatic
Lives in or near water.
Arachnid
A group of insects including spiders, scorpions, mites
and ticks.
Arthropod
Animals lacking a backbone, such as insects, spiders
and crustaceans.
Bacteria
A large group of typically single cell microorganisms,
many of which cause disease.
Camouflage
The means by which animals escape the notice of
predators.
Cephalothorax
A combined head and thorax.
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Colony
A community of insects of one kind living together.
Compound eye
Insect eye consisting of numerous small visual units.
Diapause
A process that makes insects inactive in cold climates.
Disease
An illness or sickness where normal physiological
function is impaired.
Exoskeleton
A rigid external skeleton.
Fossilise
To convert or be converted into a fossil.
Glycerol
A chemical produced by insects that acts as antifreeze.
Hemiptera
A large order of insects that have piercing, sucking
mouthparts.
Hibernate
To pass the winter in a dormant condition with
metabolism greatly slowed down.