Insect vs Woodwasp - What's the difference?
insect | woodwasp |
1=antenna 2=lower ocelli 3=upper ocelli 4=compound eye 5=brain 6=prothorax 7=dorsal artery 8=tracheal tubes 9=mesothorax 10=metathorax 11=first wing 12=second wing 13=midgut (stomach) 14=heart 15=ovary 16=hindgut 17=anus 18=vagina 19=nerve chord 20=Malpighian tubes 21=pillow 22=claws 23=tarsus 24=tibia 25=femur 26=trochanter 27=foregut 28=thoracic ganglion 29=coxa 30=salivary gland 31=subesophageal ganglion 32=mouthparts , detail3= }} An arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author=
, title= (colloquial) Any small arthropod similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc
A contemptible or powerless person.
Any of various unrelated insects of the suborder Symphyta (the sawflies, not true wasps), whose larvae are found in wood.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 23, author=The Associated Press, title=Albany: Pine-Killing Wasp Monitored, work=New York Times
, passage=The Sirex woodwasp kills pines and sometimes other conifers by introducing a toxic mucus and fungus when the female lays her eggs through the bark and into the sapwood. }}
As nouns the difference between insect and woodwasp
is that insect is an arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton while woodwasp is any of various unrelated insects of the suborder Symphyta (the sawflies, not true wasps), whose larvae are found in wood.insect
English
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Noun
(en noun)William E. Conner
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Synonyms
* bug (Colloquial 1,2)See also
* arachnid * arthropod * beetle * bug * chafer * coleopter * entomology * larva * wormExternal links
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Alternative forms
* wood waspNoun
(Wood wasp) (en noun)citation