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61 relations: Alderfly, Angling, Antenna (biology), Aquatic insect, Caddisfly, Canopy (biology), Cercus, Chironomidae, Clade, Corydalidae, Corydalus, Corydalus cornutus, Courtship display, Desiccation, Dobsonfly, Egg, Entomology, Family, Fishing bait, Fishing lure, Genus, Holometabolism, Insect, Insect reproductive system, Insect wing, Instar, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, John Henry Comstock, Larva, Lepidoptera, List of largest insects, Mandible (insect mouthpart), Mayfly, Megaloptera, Mercury-vapor lamp, Metamorphosis, Moulting, Nevromus, Nevromus austroindicus, Nocturnality, Nuptial gift, Oviparity, Oxygen, Plecoptera, Proleg, Prothorax, Protohermes grandis, Pupa, Riffle, Sclerite, ..., Secondary sex characteristic, Sentinel species, Sexual selection, Spermatophore, Spiracle, Stream, Subfamily, Synapomorphy and apomorphy, Temperate climate, Thiol, University of Florida. Expand index (11 more) »
Alderfly
Alderflies are megalopteran insects of the family Sialidae.
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Angling
Angling is a method of fishing by means of an "angle" (fish hook).
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Antenna (biology)
Antennae (singular: antenna), sometimes referred to as "feelers," are paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods.
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Aquatic insect
Aquatic insects or water insects live some portion of their life cycle in the water.
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Caddisfly
The caddisflies, or order Trichoptera, are a group of insects with aquatic larvae and terrestrial adults.
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Canopy (biology)
In biology, the canopy is the aboveground portion of a plant community or crop, formed by the collection of individual plant crowns.
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Cercus
Cerci (singular cercus) are paired appendages on the rear-most segments of many arthropods, including insects and symphylans.
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Chironomidae
The Chironomidae (informally known as chironomids, nonbiting midges, or lake flies) comprise a families of nematoceran flies with a global distribution.
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Clade
A clade (from κλάδος, klados, "branch"), also known as monophyletic group, is a group of organisms that consists of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants, and represents a single "branch" on the "tree of life".
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Corydalidae
The family Corydalidae contains the megalopterous insects known as dobsonflies and fishflies.
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Corydalus
Corydalus is a genus of large flying insects in the Corydalidae family, commonly known as dobsonflies.
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Corydalus cornutus
The eastern dobsonfly, Corydalus cornutus, is a large insect in the Corydalidae family.
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Courtship display
A courtship display is a set of display behaviors in which an animal attempts to attract a mate and exhibit their desire to copulate.
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Desiccation
Desiccation is the state of extreme dryness, or the process of extreme drying.
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Dobsonfly
Dobsonflies are a subfamily of insects, Corydalinae, part of the Megalopteran family Corydalidae.
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Egg
An egg is the organic vessel containing the zygote in which an animal embryo develops until it can survive on its own; at which point the animal hatches.
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Entomology
Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology.
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Family
Every person has his/her own family.mother reproduces with husband for children.In the context of human society, a family (from familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth), affinity (by marriage or other relationship), or co-residence (as implied by the etymology of the English word "family" from Latin familia 'family servants, domestics collectively, the servants in a household,' thus also 'members of a household, the estate, property; the household, including relatives and servants,' abstract noun formed from famulus 'servant, slave ') or some combination of these.
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Fishing bait
Fishing bait is any substance used to attract and catch fish, e.g. on the end of a fishing hook, or inside a fish trap.
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Fishing lure
A fishing lure is a type of artificial fishing bait which is designed to attract a fish's attention.
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Genus
A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.
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Holometabolism
Holometabolism, also called complete metamorphosis, is a form of insect development which includes four life stages: egg, larva, pupa and imago or adult.
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Insect
Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.
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Insect reproductive system
Most insects reproduce oviparously, i.e. by laying eggs.
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Insect wing
Insect wings are adult outgrowths of the insect exoskeleton that enable insects to fly.
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Instar
An instar (from the Latin "form", "likeness") is a developmental stage of arthropods, such as insects, between each moult (ecdysis), until sexual maturity is reached.
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Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an agriculture, life science, pathogen, and invasive species research facility in Florida affiliated with University of Florida.
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John Henry Comstock
John Henry Comstock (February 24, 1849 – March 20, 1931) was an eminent researcher in entomology and arachnology and a leading educator.
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Larva
A larva (plural: larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults.
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Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans).
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List of largest insects
Insects, which are a type of arthropod, are easily the most numerous group of multicellular organisms on the planet, with about a million species identified so far.
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Mandible (insect mouthpart)
Insect mandibles are a pair of appendages near the insect’s mouth, and the most anterior of the three pairs of oral appendages (the labrum is more anterior, but is a single fused structure).
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Mayfly
Mayflies (also known as Canadian soldiers in the United States, and as shadflies or fishflies in Canada and the upper Midwestern U.S.; also up-winged flies in the United Kingdom) are aquatic insects belonging to the order Ephemeroptera.
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Megaloptera
Megaloptera is an order of insects.
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Mercury-vapor lamp
A mercury-vapor lamp is a gas discharge lamp that uses an electric arc through vaporized mercury to produce light.
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Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation.
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Moulting
In biology, moulting (British English), or molting (American English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is the manner in which an animal routinely casts off a part of its body (often, but not always, an outer layer or covering), either at specific times of the year, or at specific points in its life cycle.
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Nevromus
Nevromus is a genus dobsonfly or Corydalidae family of Megalopteran insects.
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Nevromus austroindicus
Nevromus austroindicus is a species of dobsonfly found in the Western Ghats of India.
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Nocturnality
Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.
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Nuptial gift
Nuptial gifts are food items or inedible tokens that are transferred to females by males during courtship or copulation.
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Oviparity
Oviparous animals are animals that lay eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother.
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Oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element with symbol O and atomic number 8.
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Plecoptera
The Plecoptera are an order of insects, commonly known as stoneflies.
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Proleg
A proleg is a small, fleshy, stub structure found on the ventral surface of the abdomen of most larval forms of insects of the order Lepidoptera, though they can also be found on other larval insects such as sawflies and a few types of flies.
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Prothorax
The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs.
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Protohermes grandis
Protohermes grandis is a large, colorful species of dobsonfly occurring in China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.
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Pupa
A pupa (pūpa, "doll"; plural: pūpae) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages.
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Riffle
A riffle is a shallow landform in a flowing channel, and it has specific topographic, sedimentary, and hydraulic indicators.
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Sclerite
A sclerite (Greek σκληρός, sklēros, meaning "hard") is a hardened body part.
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Secondary sex characteristic
Secondary sex characteristics are features that appear during puberty in humans, and at sexual maturity in other animals.
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Sentinel species
Sentinel species are organisms, often animals, used to detect risks to humans by providing advance warning of a danger.
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Sexual selection
Sexual selection is a mode of natural selection where members of one biological sex choose mates of the other sex to mate with (intersexual selection), and compete with members of the same sex for access to members of the opposite sex (intrasexual selection).
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Spermatophore
A spermatophore or sperm ampulla is a capsule or mass containing spermatozoa created by males of various animal species, especially salamanders and arthropods, and transferred in entirety to the female's ovipore during reproduction.
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Spiracle
Spiracles are openings on the surface of some animals, which usually lead to respiratory systems.
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Stream
A stream is a body of water with surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel.
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Subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: subfamilia, plural subfamiliae) is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus.
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Synapomorphy and apomorphy
In phylogenetics, apomorphy and synapomorphy refer to derived characters of a clade – characters or traits that are derived from ancestral characters over evolutionary history.
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Temperate climate
In geography, the temperate or tepid climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes, which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth.
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Thiol
Thiol is an organosulfur compound that contains a carbon-bonded sulfhydryl (R–SH) group (where R represents an alkyl or other organic substituent).
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University of Florida
The University of Florida (commonly referred to as Florida or UF) is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university on a campus in Gainesville, Florida.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobsonfly
