Thursday, December 16, 2010

Landlubber Grasshopper

ARTHROPODS
Classes: Insecta, Arachnida, Crustacea.

Lubber grasshopper cut for learning.
Cephalization: nervous tissue becomes concentrated at one side of the organism (at the head), this can help distinguish between the anterior and posterior of an animal.
Appendage specialization: hinge joint.
Movement: legs for hopping and jumping, wings for flying.
Nutrition: herbivores that feed mainly on leaves


Dissected landlubber grasshopper.

 

End of the ovary of the female lubber grasshopper.
 

Full ovary of our female lubber grasshopper.       

 
      Our female lubber grasshopper's rectum.


Grasshopper tail end (anus, ovipositer, vagina).
  
 


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