How Insects Works by Taylor, Marianne -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Copyright Contents Introduction 1. Ancestors and Evolution

1.1 Rise of the arthropods 1.2 The first insects? 1.3 The first fliers 1.4 Insect evolutionary tree 1.5 Carboniferous Earth: A land of giants 1.6 Recent evolution

2. The Insect Body-Plan

2.1 Exoskeleton 2.2 The three body-sections 2.3 Segmentation and appendages 2.4 Limb structure 2.5 The wings and elytra 2.6 Unusual bodies

3. The Senses and the Nervous System

3.1 Eyes 3.2 Antennae 3.3 Chemoreception 3.4 Hearing, touch, and more 3.5 Brains, ganglia, and nerves 3.6 Insect intelligence

4. Movement

4.1 Muscular system 4.2 Movement on land 4.3 Flight 4.4 Swimming and diving 4.5 Escaping danger 4.6 Immobility

5. Feeding and Digestion

5.1 Mouthpart anatomy 5.2 Types of diet 5.3 The digestive tract 5.4 Processing food 5.5 Changes during life cycle 5.6 Drinking and fluid balance

6. The Respiratory and Circulatory Systems

6.1 Breathing system 6.2 Gas exchange 6.3 Circulatory system 6.4 Hemolymph 6.5 Unusual adaptations 6.6 Hormones

7. The Reproductive System

7.1 Male reproductive anatomy 7.2 Female reproductive anatomy 7.3 Mating and fertilization 7.4 Parthenogenesis 7.5 Laying eggs 7.6 Unusual adaptations

8. Eggs and Larvae

8.1 Types of eggs 8.2 Development in the egg 8.3 Types of larvae 8.4 Feeding 8.5 Growth and molt 8.6 Lifestyle changes

9. Metamorphosis

9.1 Types of life cycle 9.2 Incomplete metamorphosis 9.3 Full metamorphosis 9.4 Transformation within the pupa 9.5 Emergence 9.6 Maturation in adulthood

10. Behavior and Anatomy

10.1 Feeding behavior 10.2 Breeding behavior 10.3 Parental care 10.4 Seasonal behavior 10.5 Eusocial insects 10.6 Interspecies interactions

11. Cells and Biochemistry

11.1 Structure of a typical cell 11.2 Cell organelles 11.3 Cell replication 11.4 Immunology 11.5 Specialized cell types 11.6 Insects in cellular research

12. Diversity and Conservation

12.1 Types of insects 12.2 Insect communities in different habitats 12.3 Record-breakers 12.4 Threats facing insects 12.5 Extinction 12.6 Insect conservation

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