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![Flying Heteroptera Heteroptera is a group of about 40,000 species of insects in the Hemiptera. Sometimes called "true bugs",[1] that name more commonly refers to Hemiptera as a whole, and "typical bugs" might be used as a more unequivocal alternative since among the Hemiptera the heteropterans are most consistently and universally termed "bugs". "Heteroptera" is Greek for "different wings": most species have forewings with both membranous and hardened portions (called hemelytra); members of the primitive Enicocephalomorpha have wings that are completely membranous. Insects,MACRO](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/80/1535_small.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=PVxL6tBHn5hWM430YavxH7ZddBg%3D)
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4 Painted Lady Butterfly -
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3 Wasp climbs a snail shell -
2 Polar bear water shakeoff -
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![Wasp The term wasp is typically defined as any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor an ant.[1] Almost every pest insect species has at least one wasp species that preys upon it or parasitizes it, making wasps critically important in natural control of their numbers, or natural biocontrol. Parasitic wasps are increasingly used in agricultural pest control as they prey mostly on pest insects and have little impact on crops. German wasp,Insects,Vespula germanica](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/80/1563_small.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=nff3%2Fyihs1BMH8Ktt0OHtSmj13U%3D)
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![Exuviae Exuviae is a term used in biology to describe the remains of an exoskeleton and related structures that are left after ecdysozoans[verification needed] (including insect, crustacean or arachnid) have moulted. The exuviae of an animal can be important to biologists as it can often be used to identify the species of the animal and even its sex.
As it is not always practical to study insects, crustaceans or arachnids directly and because exuviae can be collected fairly easily, exuviae can play an important part in helping to determine some general aspects of a species overall life cycle such as distribution, sex ratio, production and proof of breeding in a habitat.
"Exuvia" is a derived singular usage that is becoming more common; "exuvium" is an incorrect singular formation.[1][2 Exoskeleton,Exuviae,Insects,macro](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/80/1451_small.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=ucvLdkbbhW1tOxfdDU0amFEEfHE%3D)
2 Exuviae