hymenopteran — /huy meuh nop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. hymenopterous. n. 2. Also, hymenopter. a hymenopterous insect. [1875 80; HYMENOPTER + AN] * * * ▪ insect Introduction any member of the third largest and perhaps the most beneficial to humans of all insect… … Universalium
Hymenoptera — Taxobox name = Hymenoptera fossil range=Triassic Recent image width = 240px image caption = female Andrena sp. regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Endopterygota ordo … Wikipedia
Pupa — of the Cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) A pupa (Latin pupa for doll, pl: pupae or pupas) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation. The pupal stage is found only in holometabolous insects, those that undergo a complete… … Wikipedia
Endopterygota — Temporal range: Pennsylvanian–Recent … Wikipedia
insect — insectival /in sek tuy veuhl/, adj. /in sekt/, n. 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two… … Universalium
termite — /terr muyt/, n. any of numerous pale colored, soft bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc. Also called white ant. [1775 85; taken as sing. of… … Universalium
aculeate — adjective Etymology: Latin aculeatus having stings, from aculeus sting, from acus Date: 1875 relating to or being hymenopterans (as bees, ants, and many wasps) of a division (Aculeata) typically having the ovipositor modified into a stinger … New Collegiate Dictionary
Insect — For the Breed 77 album, see Insects (album). Insect Temporal range: 396–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Ovipositor — Grasshopper ovipositor (the two cerci are also visible) Fe … Wikipedia
Eusociality — Insect queen redirects here. For the comics characters, see Insect Queen. A swarming Meat Eater ant colony. Eusociality (Greek eu: good/real + social ) is a term used for the highest level of social organization in a hierarchical classification.… … Wikipedia
Pollination — Carpenter bee with pollen collected from Night blooming cereus … Wikipedia