A pair of sensory structures found on the insect’s head that are used to sense touch, air movement and chemical smells. Arthropod:

  A technique for avoiding your enemies by hiding or blending into your surroundings.  Insects often look like leaves, sticks and rocks to aid in their camouflage. Caste:

  The first of the two segments of a spider’s body.  The head and thorax fuses in arachnids to form the cephalothorax. Cerci:

  Many individuals of a single species of insect, living & cooperating together. Complete Metamorphosis:

  A pair of visual organs found on an insect’s head.  Each compound eye is made up of many (up to several thousand) little lenses that join together to form the eye. Cuticle:

  Most active during the daytime.  For example, most butterflies are diurnal as they fly during the day and rest at night. Entomologist:

  The hard outer shell that covers an insect’s body. Eyespots:

  The hollow piercing part of a spider’s jaws which are used to deliver venom and suck the juices out of their prey. Gradual Metamorphosis:

  The first segment of an insect’s body.  The head is at the front of the body and bears the eyes, antennae and mouthparts. Hemimetabolous Lifecycle:

  The stage of an insect’s life between moults of the exoskeleton.  For example the first instar is the time between hatching out of the egg and the first time the insect will shed its skin. Invertebr [..]