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CHAPTER 08
Diversity and Adaptations of
Insects in Selected Habitats
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African dung beetle (Scarabaeidae) with ball of dung that will be buried as food for the larvae.
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Figure 8.1 Examples of soil insects
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Figure 8.2 The large size of this mound made by fungus-growing termites, Macrotermes sp., in Africa
exemplifies the diligence, long life, and importance of termite colonies in the African savanna.
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Figure 8.3 Examples of cave insects: a, cave cricket, Tropidischia xanthostoma (Gryllacrididae; scale equals 5 mm);
b, blind cave beetle, Glacicavicola bathyscioides (Leiodidae; scale equals 1 mm).
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Figure 8.4 Tenebrionid beetles of the Namib Desert in Africa.
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Figure 8.5 A snow flea or wingless scorpionfly, Boreus sp. (Boreidae), is active on snow in winter at higher elevations.
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Figure 8.6 Examples of aquatic insects
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Figure 8.7 Insects as decomposers in water and on soil.
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Figure 8.8 Parasitic hemipteroids
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Figure 8.9 Various parasites of vertebrates: a, beaver beetle, Platypsylla castoris; b, parasitic dermapteran, Hemimerus talpoides;
c, streblid bat fly; d, oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis, a vector of plague; e, nycteribiid bat fly.
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Figure 8.10 Examples of concealing coloration:
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Figure 8.11 Example of special resemblance: the Neotropical nymphalid butterfly, Caligo sp., has large eye spots on the hind wings.
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Figure 8.12 Multiple mimicry: a, monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus; b, queen butterfly, Danaus gilippus; c, viceroy
butterfly, Limenitis archippus.
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