KIDS QUIZ
INSECTS AND BUGS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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antennae
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thorax
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Antennae, sometimes called “feelers", are flexible appendages located on the insect’s head which are used for sensing the environment.
Detailed explanation-2: -But insects don’t only use their antennae to smell. They can also use them to feel the surface of an object, sense hot and cold, listen to sounds or detect the movement of air or wind. Insects have paired antennae so they can smell in stereo. They can detect the smallest of concentrations of scent.
Detailed explanation-3: -All insects have antennae, however they may be greatly reduced in the larval forms. Amongst the non-insect classes of the Hexapoda, both Collembola and Diplura have antenna, but Protura do not.
Detailed explanation-4: -flies. In dipteran: Antennae. All flies have antennae. hymenopterans. In hymenopteran: External structure. The antennae vary greatly in form. lepidopterans. In lepidopteran: Head. sucking insects. In homopteran: Head.