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3.1 Anatomy. 3.2 Diet. 3.3 Sex determination. 3.4 Inbreeding ... A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is ...
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This particular diagram is close in likeness to that of a yellowjacket wasp found commonly around the world. It can be identified as female by both the number of division on its antenna and by the presense of its sting. Reasons for nominating; I am self nominating my latest work which shows the basic morphology and anatomy of a female wasp.
Diagram of a typical insect leg. The typical and usual segments of the insect leg are divided into the coxa, one trochanter, the femur, the tibia, the tarsus, and the pretarsus. The coxa in its more symmetrical form, has the shape of a short cylinder or truncate cone, though commonly it is ovate and may be almost spherical.
Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants.Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, [2] [3] in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. [4]
Chalcid wasps (/ ˈ k æ l s ɪ d /, from Greek khalkos 'copper', for their metallic colour) [1] are insects within the superfamily Chalcidoidea, part of the order Hymenoptera. The superfamily contains some 22,500 known species, and an estimated total diversity of more than 500,000 species, meaning the vast majority have yet to be discovered ...
Wasps come in a variety of colors — from yellow and black to red and blue — and are split into two primary groups: social and solitary. Most wasps are solitary, non-stinging insects that do ...
Musculature of ant mandibles Wasp drinking; the yellow mandibles can be seen on either side of the mouthparts. Most adult Hymenoptera have mandibles that follow the general form, as in grasshoppers. The mandibles are used to clip pieces of vegetation, gather wood fibers, dig nests, or to capture and disassemble prey.