Insect Classification and Biology

What is the order of the Grasshopper?

Which insect belongs to the order Diptera?

What is the order of the Cockroach?

What is the order of the Housefly?

Which insect is classified under the order Lepidoptera?

What is the order of the Honey Bee?

What term is used to describe the periodic shedding of the exoskeleton in arthropods?

What is the external covering of the body that is ectodermal in origin and varies in rigidity and flexibility?

Which order includes the Honey Bee?

What is an example of a cuticular appendage?

How many main components are there in the insect integument?

Which part of the insect is described as the 'Inner of Insect'?

What triggers the molting process in insects?

What is the term for the separation of the old exoskeleton from the epidermis?

Ecdysis is the process of periodic shedding of the exoskeleton in arthropods to allow for growth and metamorphosis
The integument is the external covering of the body in insects, which is ectodermal in origin and varies in rigidity and flexibility

Examples of cuticular appendages include spur and spine, wax gland and mealy bug, scales and bristles, and glandular seta and sensory setae.

The physical limits of the exoskeleton trigger the process of molting in insects.
The term ecdysis refers to the separation of the old exoskeleton from the epidermis during the molting process.
Apolysis is a related process that occurs during molting.