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sarahm317 wrote:

Order, family, common name, and which type of mimicry does this insect's family exhibit? (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://www.dereila.ca/whispers/RoverBeetle.jpg[/img]

This is a Rove Beetle(Staphylinidae) in the order Coleoptera. Does it exhibit chemical mimicry :?: ?

CTMSRoadScholarKING wrote:

sarahm317 wrote:

Order, family, common name, and which type of mimicry does this insect's family exhibit? (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://www.dereila.ca/whispers/RoverBeetle.jpg[/img]

I Think (Click to Show Hidden Text)

This is a Rove Beetle(Staphylinidae) in the order Coleoptera. Does it exhibit chemical mimicry :?: ?

CTMSRoadScholarKING wrote:Thanks!

Here's the bug (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[attachment=0]Bug PIc for Scioly.jpg[/attachment] So here are the questions.. Order, Family, Common Family Name, How to tell Male apart from Female(if you use the word ovipositor you are going to be wrong) and what are its front legs adapted for?

Hemiptera, Belostomatidae, Giant water bug, males carry eggs on their backs, and the front legs are raptorial

sarahm317 wrote:

CTMSRoadScholarKING wrote:Thanks!

Here's the bug (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[attachment=0]Bug PIc for Scioly.jpg[/attachment] So here are the questions.. Order, Family, Common Family Name, How to tell Male apart from Female(if you use the word ovipositor you are going to be wrong) and what are its front legs adapted for?

answer (Click to Show Hidden Text)

Hemiptera, Belostomatidae, Giant water bug, males carry eggs on their backs, and the front legs are raptorial

sarahm317 wrote:

Order, family (if applicable), common name (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://www.alexanderwild.com/Insects/Insect-Orders/Tremendous-Termites/i-ZTRWTLb/2/XL/syntermes3-XL.jpg[/img] Bonus question:In this insect's colony, what would the pictured insect's job be?

Isoptera (no family), termite, and I think that one's a soldier.

mjcox2000 wrote:

sarahm317 wrote:

Order, family (if applicable), common name (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://www.alexanderwild.com/Insects/Insect-Orders/Tremendous-Termites/i-ZTRWTLb/2/XL/syntermes3-XL.jpg[/img] Bonus question:In this insect's colony, what would the pictured insect's job be?

That's: (Click to Show Hidden Text)

Isoptera (no family), termite, and I think that one's a soldier.