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L. List of largest insects. List of least concern insects. List of Cicindelidae from India. List of insect galls. List of Parthenicus species. List of Scarabaeidae subfamilies and tribes.
Insects (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen ), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and a pair of antennae. Insects are the most diverse group of animals, with more ...
The house fly is found all over the world where humans live and so is the most widely distributed insect.. This is a list of common household pests – undesired animals that have a history of living, invading, causing damage, eating human foods, acting as disease vectors or causing other harms in human habitation.
tick bites, e.g. Ixodes scapularis. Balantidiasis. Balantidium coli. intestinal mucosa, may become invasive in some patients. stool (diarrhea=ciliated trophozoite; solid stool=large cyst with horseshoe shaped nucleus) ingestion of cyst, zoonotic infection acquired from pigs (feces) Blastocystosis. Blastocystis spp.
This list deals exclusively with venomous animals. Venoms have adapted to serve a wide variety of purposes. Their intended effects can range from mild fleeting discomfort to paralysis and death, and they may be highly selective in which species they target, often making them harmless to all but a few specific organisms; what may be fatal to one ...
List of Agromyza species. List of Alabagrus species. List of Aleochara species. List of Alluaudomyia species. List of Amara species. List of Ambrosiodmus species. List of Amegilla species. List of Andrena species. List of Anomala species.
This category is for articles which discuss the use of a common (vernacular) name shared by multiple species of insects which do not correspond to a taxon. Pages in category "Insect common names" The following 89 pages are in this category, out of 89 total.
Herbivory is of extreme ecological importance and prevalence among insects.Perhaps one third (or 500,000) of all described species are herbivores. Herbivorous insects are by far the most important animal pollinators, and constitute significant prey items for predatory animals, as well as acting as major parasites and predators of plants; parasitic species often induce the formation of galls.