large mandibles

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Cottonwood borer
... Like all beetles, the adults have chewing mouthparts. They use their large mandibles to eat the leaf stems and new twigs of the ... as the high plains of southeastern Colorado. Viewed head-on, the large mandibles of the cottonwood borer are very visible. They can bite if ... malformation of new branches by feeding on the tender new growth. Large trees probably won't suffer significant harm by them. If ...
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Subterranean Termites
... ants, that can attack the colony. Soldiers are wingless and white in color with large brown heads and mandibles (jaws). King and queen termites perform the reproductive functions of the colony. They ... winged ant (bottom) reproductive. Termites have thick waists, straight antennae, and wings of equal size. Large numbers of winged termites in a house are an indication of probable infestation. Termite ...
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Pharaoh Ant, Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
... densely (but weakly) punctulate, dull, or subopaque. The clypeus, gaster, and mandibles are shiny. The body color ranges from yellowish or light brown ... in wall voids. The size of the colony tends to be large but can vary from a few dozen to several thousand ... from the brood which is transported from the mother country. In large colonies there may be as many as several hundred reproductive females ...
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Lobster Parts
... instance, with its excellent sense of smell. Then it breaks open the shell with its large claws. It uses its mouth parts and first two sets of walking legs to manipulate ... soft flesh. The lobster uses these claws, as well as smaller appendages around its mouth (mandibles and maxillipeds), for gripping and shredding its food. Besides its formidable front claws, the lobster ...
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Biology of Subterranean Termites in the Eastern United States
... are easily identified by their enlarged, yellowish to yellowish-brown head and long, hard black mandibles (mouthparts) that they use to ward off enemies, primarily ants and termites from other colonies ... through an intermediate stage called the nymphal stage. Nymphs are termites with external wing buds. Large numbers of nymphs are produced on a seasonal basis, usually starting in late summer. As ...
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Beetles
... goliath beetle (Goliathus orientalis), a large scarab beetle from Africa. Rhinoceras beetle Megasoma elephas, a large carab beetle from Costa Rica. Several species of large scarab beetles (family Scarabaeidae) appear with ... and does not fly. When alarmed it exhibits a threat posture by opening its formidable mandibles and raising the tip of its abdomen (right image). Although the abdomen has no ...
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Plum Curculio
... capsule. Plum curculio larvae have distinct, hard brown head capsules with well developed opposable mandibles. Cherry fruit fly larvae (maggots) do not have head capsules and have curved mouth hooks rather than mandibles (jawbones). Furthermore, cherries infested with maggots will sink in water cooling tanks at harvest; cherries infested with curculio larvae will float because of large air spaces ...
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Orchard Beneficials
... conditions, they can develop high population densities on orchards. To some extent, the relatively large populations of these predator mites compensate for their relative inactivity, and they can ... colored eyes and a strong defensive odor. The predaceous larvae have long, sickle-shaped mandibles and rotund bodies. Lacewing larvae feed on aphids, mealybugs, leafhoppers, scales, mites and eggs ...
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This is Local London | CommuniGate | Friends or Foe
... pair of antennae, usually of considerable length, a pair of small, strong, toothed and bristly mandibles, and a pair of underjaws, usually with palps. The next limblike appendages are followed by ... aphids. The adults, which can be either green (Chrysoperla carnea) or brown (Kimminsia subnebulosa), consume large numbers of aphids, as do the larva. Although you will see them occasionally flying they ...
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Anthonomus eugenii
... 1.5 mm in length and average 1 mm. The larvae have large, off-white heads with black-tipped, brown mandibles (Elmore, et. al., 1934). The body is a shiny white. The ... to 2.6 mm in length and averages 1.9 mm. The large head is light yellow and the mandibles are dark brown or black. The larva feeds for an average of ...
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