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Abdomen | The last section of an insect body; it comes after the thorax |
Adapt | When animals change to become more suited to a changing environment |
Antennae | Flexible, semented sense organs on the head of an insect |
Camouflage | A way of hiding, by color or shape, and appearing to be part of the environment |
Caterpillar | The wormlike, often brightly-colored, hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly |
Chrysalis | the pupa of a butterfly or moth enclosed in a firm case or cocoon |
Compound Eyes | many light-sensitive parts, each form a portion of the image being viewed |
Endangered | Animals threatened becoming very few in number |
Extinct | A species dying out completely and disappearing from the Earth |
Habitats | The places where animals or plants naturally live and grow |
Hibernate | Animals pass the cold weather in a state of inactivity, often sleeping and not eating |
Insects | Small animals of the class INSECTA which have three pairs of legs and a body |
Larvae | before adult stage, this is the wingless, worklike stage of growth |
Metamorphosis | A verb meaning when animals change forms (like egg into a chicken) |
Migrate | When animals travle from one location to another, usually during seasons |
Nectar | A sweet liquid in a flower's center and is great food for insects |
Pheromones | Chemicals made by animals to affect the behavior of other members |
Pollination | Transfering of pollen from one plant to another, necessary for pplant reproduction |
Proboscis | The slender, tube-shaped feeding organ of butterflys |
Pupa | Larva undergoes a complete transformation within a chrysalis, becoming the stage |
Thorax | The second, or middle part of the vody of an insect, after the head |
Chrysalis | The cocoon (pupa) stage of the butterfly, between the larvae and adult stages |