| A | B |
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| Thorax | The middle section of an insect where the wings (if present) and legs are located |
| Head | Antennaes and mouth parts are located on this body part |
| Abdomen | This body part contains the reproductive and digestive organs |
| Ladybugs | These insects consume aphids and sometimes scale insects |
| Crickets and grasshoppers | This insect uses stridulation to create their unique sound. They do this by rubbing their legs against their wings |
| Grasshoppers and crickets | This insect does not go through complete metarmorphosis. Instead they go from eggs to nymph to adults. |
| Exoskeleton | Insects have an external skeleton that protects them just as humanbeings have a skeleton. The only difference is that our skeletons are located inside us. |
| Nymph | an immature insect that looks similar to the adult stage. Grasshoppers,crickes and dragonflies are among a few insect species that go through this life cycle stage. |
| Life cycle | Another name for this is metamorphosis |
| camouflage | Some insects use this adaptation to blend in with their environments/habitats |
