The posterior portion of the thorax of insects, bearing the second pair of wings and the hind legs.

A class of arthropods with a body divided into the head, thorax, and abdomen, possessing antennae, with mouthparts modified for chewing, sucking, or licking, three pairs of legs, and usually two pairs of wings.

A group of organisms that have jointed appendages, an exoskeleton, bilateral symmetry, and reproduce sexually; insects, arachnids, millipedes and centipedes, and crustaceans

The scientific study of insects.

Toward the back of the body

Anterior tagma of the grasshopper; bears mouthparts, a pair of unbranched antennae, and simple and compound eyes.

Middle tagma of the insect; The wings and the legs are connected here.

Middle of the three thoracic segments; second pair of legs and first pair of wings.

Posterior tagma of an insect.

Hexa

Poda

Uniramous

Tagmata

Arthropods and insects have this kind of skeleton

Biramous

Direct development: Stages are egg, juvenile, and adult Young are similar to adults except in size and sexual maturity Silverfish are examples.

Incomplete metamorphosis: Gradual metamorphosis Stages are egg, nymph, adult Grasshoppers, crickets, and mantids are examples.

Complete metamorphosis: Stages are egg, larva, pupa, adult Worm Like Larvae eat different foods than adults Pupa is the transitional stage Butterflies, moths, and flies are examples.