Post on 16-Dec-2015
Crustaceans
Jointed appendages
Phylum : Arthropoda
Class : Crustacea
甲殼綱
CarapaceAntennae
abdomenwith swimmeret for swimming
carapace
antennae
walking legs
Tail fan for escape movement
chela
rostrum
Shore crab
Carapace
Sand crab
Fiddler crab
Horse-shoe
crab
Horseshoe crab /
kingcrab
Barnacles
Jointed legs creating feeding current
Centipedes
A centipede
Phylum : Arthropoda
Class : Myriapoda
多足綱
Arachnids
A long-leg crab spider
Phylum : Arthropoda
Class : Arachnida
蜘蛛網
Head & throrax
fused together
4 pairs
of jointed
legs
A mite
Dog tick
Scorpion
Young scorpions on their mother’s back
Insects
A fly
Phylum : Arthropoda
Class : Insecta
昆蟲綱
head
thorax
Abdomen
2 pairs of wings
1 pair of compound eyes
Blow fly maggots
Wasps
A black wasps
Wasps larvae in nest
Wasps nest
Termites
Winged reproductive termites
Damage to pine
butterfly
Moth
Moth’s eggs
A caterpillar
A cocoon
A pupa inside a cocoon
Moth
Adult ( imago )
eggs
Larva
pupa
Complete metamorphosis ( 完全變態 )
A silk moth
Silk-moths’ cocoon
Developmental stages ( incomplete metamorphosis )
Adult
nymph eggs
Incomplete metamorphosis
Cricket
Water strider
Stick insect
Preying mantis
?
A earwig
larva
Insect with new exoskeleton emerges
Old exoskeleton
Taking in air to expand the body before the new exoskeleton hardens
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Oh …. 係一隻完全變態昆蟲呀 … .