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2. Insect mouthparts - Wikipedia

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   The trophi, or mouthparts of a locust, a typical chewing insect: 1 Labrum. 2 Mandibles; 3 Maxillae. 4 Labium. 5 Hypopharynx. Examples of chewing insects include dragonflies, grasshoppers and beetles. Some insects do not have chewing mouthparts as adults but chew solid food in their larval phase.

3. Window screen - Wikipedia

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   Window screen. A window screen (also known as insect screen, bug screen, fly screen, flywire, wire mesh, or window net) is designed to cover the opening of a window. It is usually a mesh made of metal, fibreglass, plastic wire, or other pieces of plastic and stretched in a frame of wood or metal. It serves to keep leaves, debris, bugs, birds ...

4. Mandible (insect mouthpart) - Wikipedia

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   Mandible (insect mouthpart) Insect mandibles are a pair of appendages near the insect's mouth, and the most anterior of the three pairs of oral appendages (the labrum is more anterior, but is a single fused structure). Their function is typically to grasp, crush, or cut the insect's food, or to defend against predators or rivals.

5. Mosquito net - Wikipedia

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   Window with mosquito netting. A mosquito net is a type of meshed curtain that is circumferentially draped over a bed or a sleeping area, to offer the sleeper barrier protection against bites and stings from mosquitos, [1] flies, and other pest insects, and thus against the diseases they may carry. Examples of such preventable insect-borne ...

6. Conservation and restoration of insect specimens - Wikipedia

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   Buforaniidae grasshoppers ( Orthoptera) from the Australian National Insect Collection. The conservation and restoration of insect specimens is the process of caring for and preserving insects as a part of a collection. Conservation concerns begin at collection and continue through preparation, storage, examination, documentation, research and ...

7. Window shutter - Wikipedia

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   Window shutter. A window shutter is a solid and stable window covering usually consisting of a frame of vertical stiles and horizontal rails (top, centre and bottom). Set within this frame can be louvers (both operable or fixed, horizontal or vertical), solid panels, fabric, glass and almost any other item that can be mounted within a frame.