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| ...ut because they are very indistinct. The brownish, feathery bristles on the antennae are a striking feature of the drone fly. The compound eyes are unusually large and touch in the males. The front legs of the drone fly are mostly reddish-yellow;the hind legs are on the whole much darker. | | |
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| ...pecies. The wing covers are ridged and - and covered in black indentations. On the abdomen there is a significant edge in drawing a bright line, which is frequently interrupted something darker. This crest is overlooking the side of the abdomen. The hind wings have a dark, golden brown sheen. The legs are strongly built and yellowish-green to reddish-yellow in colour. | | |
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| Orthoptera differ from other insects in the following ways: they have 2 pairs of wings, biting and chewing mouth parts , 3 simple eyes as well as compound eyes , a number of different wire-like sensors, a saddle-like Pronotum, hind legs which make them capable to jump, organs for the production and perception of sound and 11 segments of the abdomen with an ovipositor on the female abdomen .
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| ... They have strikingly large compound eyes and simple eyes fixed to a ‘plinth’ between their antennae. .. Their upper jaws look like clamps. Their probosces are covered with bristles and allow them to collect pollen from long, narrow flowers. Their hind legs have dense fur, rust red to golden red in colour, which facilitates the collection and transport of pollen.
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| ... zigzagging dark stripes. Another typical characteristic is the marking on the upper surface of the abdomen. The several segments formed through yellow rings are clearly visible. The marking on the second segment resembles a chalice. The base of the hind femur is a yellowish colour. | | |
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| In some species, the front legs are specially designed to grasp prey. The hind legs can be formed to jump or row. The feet of these insects have 1 or 2 joints. | | |
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| The alder leaf beetle is relatively small. It reaches body lengths of 5-7 mm. Its oval, compact body is very rounded and widens at the hind end. It has a metallic sheen and can be black, black-blue, steel-blue, dark-green or violet in colour. | | |
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| ... sparse vegetation and can be seen there on clover or other legumes. Chlamydatus pullus have black forewings, which are always fully developed in the adults. Their legs are predominantly yellow. Hair grows on the black spots, on the tibiae of the hind legs. The tips of the antennae are also yellow. | | |
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| ...o 50 mm in length. Earwigs have elongated bodies and areblackish or brownish in colour. They have compound eyes that are well developed, andantennae with 5 - 16 segments. The mouthparts are for biting and chewing. The forewings are short and . the hind wings are large and folded up and hidden under the forewings when these insects are at rest. At the posterior end of the abdomen is a pair of pincers, used for the capture of prey and for holding females during mating. | | |
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| Rhopalus subrufus reach body lengths of 7-8.5 mm. Their reddish-brown bodies are elongated and widen at the hind end. The reddish-brown to yellowish-brown head is much wider than it is long and bears the large compound eyes and easily recognizable simple eyes. The threadlike antennae are about 4 mm long, yellowish-brown in colour and have club-thicked outer li... | | |
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