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2. Insect flight - Wikipedia

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   Insect flight. A tau emerald ( Hemicordulia tau) dragonfly has flight muscles attached directly to its wings. Insects are the only group of invertebrates that have evolved wings and flight. Insects first flew in the Carboniferous, some 300 to 350 million years ago, making them the first animals to evolve flight.

3. Mandible (insect mouthpart) - Wikipedia

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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). Their function is typically to grasp, crush, or cut the insect's food, or to defend against predators or rivals.

4. Insect wing - Wikipedia

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   Insect wing. Insect wings are adult outgrowths of the insect exoskeleton that enable insects to fly. They are found on the second and third thoracic segments (the mesothorax and metathorax ), and the two pairs are often referred to as the forewings and hindwings, respectively, though a few insects lack hindwings, even rudiments.

5. Insect physiology - Wikipedia

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   Insect physiology includes the physiology and biochemistry of insect organ systems. [1] Although diverse, insects are quite similar in overall design, internally and externally.

6. Lovebug - Wikipedia

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   The lovebug ( Plecia nearctica) is a species of march fly found in parts of Central America and the southeastern United States, especially along the Gulf Coast. [2] It is also known as the honeymoon fly or double-headed bug. During and after mating, matured pairs remain together, even in flight, for up to several days.

7. Cricket (insect) - Wikipedia

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   Cricket (insect) Crickets are orthopteran insects which are related to bush crickets, and, more distantly, to grasshoppers. In older literature, such as Imms, [3] "crickets" were placed at the family level ( i.e. Gryllidae ), but contemporary authorities including Otte now place them in the superfamily Grylloidea. [1]