Amazing Arthropods
External Anatomy made Ebullient
An Opening on the Outlandish
Objective Objective
Chipper Crickets
Life Cycle
Habitat
Predators
Clammy Crayfish
Life Cycle
Habitat
Predators
Revolutionary Evolutionary Relationships
Helpful Human Impact
Crickets are major decomposers, which keeps the outdoors clean. Crickets help with pollination, which is necessary for a major percentage of our food. Crickets also eat seedlings from invasive species, keeping those invasive species levels low. Crickets are also used as pets, and in some cases are used in cricket fights.
Crayfish keep water clean by scavenging dead material in streams, ponds, and other water bodies. Crayfish also keep algae amounts down and are food for many animals. Crayfish are also used as pets.
Feasibly Fun Facts
- Scorpions can give live births after the eggs hatch inside the mother.
- The Arthropod phylum is the biggest phylum in the domain Animalia.
- There's an average of 30 insect parts per 100 grams of peanut butter.
- Crickets have ears behind their legs.
- Only female crickets have a long ovipositor on their end.
- Chirping sounds are different so females can tell which crickets are their species.
- There are more than 330 species of crayfish in southeastern United States alone.
- Crickets that are taped to a fan blade right before a fight have almost a 100% chance of winning.
- Insects are eaten in almost all cultures except most European, Islamic, and Hindi cultures, and many cultures also eat crustaceans like crab and lobster.
Docile Dissection
Dorsal Side of Crayfish
Ventral Side of Crayfish
Cricket
The Interesting Integumentary System
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