MODIFICATION OF INSECT LEGS

Muhammad Salmanagrarianbzu@yahoo.com

Department of Entomology BZ. University Multan

Modification of Insect legs

Ambulatory or Walking Legs

Cursorial or Running Legs

Ambulatory or walking leg

Ambulatory legs are used for walking.

Femur and tibia are long.

Legs are well developed similar in form.

Ambulatory or walking leg

Ak Grasshopper

Pro- Leg of Ak- Grasshopper

Ak Grasshopper

Pro-Leg of Ak Grasshpper

Green Grasshopper

Pro Leg

Green Grasshopper

Pro Leg

Cockroach

Fore LegMeso Leg

Cockroach

Pro Leg

Meso Leg

Boxelder bug

Pro Leg & Meso Leg

Red Cotton Bug

Pro Leg &Meso Leg

Red Cotton Bug

Pro LegMeso Leg

House Fly

Pro Leg & Meso Leg

Alder Leaf Beetle

Pro Leg

Bug

First Two pairs of Legs

Stink bug with brown and white mask

Stink bug with Leathery Mask

First Two Pairs

Tarnished Plant Bug

Pro & Meso Leg

Cursorial or running leg

Cursorial legs are used for running.

Femur is not swollen. 

Long, thin leg segments.

Cursorial or running leg

American Cockroach

Meta Leg

Meta Leg of Cockroach

Brown Banded Cockroach

Meta Leg

Oriental Cockroach

Meta Leg

Ant

All legs of Ant

Bronze Tiger Beetle

Last Two Pairs of legs

Ground Beetle

Meso & Meta Leg

Starred ground beetle 

Meso & Meta Leg

Meta Leg

Meso Leg

Common Black Ground Beetle

Meso & Meta Leg

Beetle

Silverfish

Meta Leg

References

Erin Hodgson, It's a bug's life, http://iowabuglife.blogspot.com/2012_08_01_archive.html, 2013

David Larson, True Bugs, http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~larsonmorgan/True%20Bugs/true%20bugs.html, 2013

Pavel Krasensky, Tarnished plant Bug, http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/tarnished-plant-bug-photo-6735.html, 2013

Tony DiTerlizzi, Bug Guide, http://bugguide.net/node/view/9537/bgimage, 2013

Jiri Bohdal, Housefly, http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/house-fly-photo-14134.html, 2013

References

Anonymous, Brown banded cockroach, http://www.orkin.com/cockroaches/brown-banded-cockroach/, 2013

Morgan Hatcher and Erin Weir, http://cornellcollege.edu/biology/insects2003/erinmorgan/o.htm, 2013

Armin, Periplaneta americana, http://www.amphioxus.org/content/periplaneta-americana?size=_original, 2013

Steve Spitzer, Bronze tiger beetle, http://www.flickr.com/photos/happy_peasant/2654190562/in/photostream/, 2013

References

Malcom Storey, Common Black Ground Beetle, http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/common_black_ground_beetle.htm, 2013

Jon Lieff, Ants, Individual and Colony, http://jonlieffmd.com/blog/ants-individual-and-colony-superorganism-leadership-and-fire-ants, 2013

Jeffrey Hahn, Silverfish and firebrats in homes, http://www1.extension.umn.edu/garden/insects/find/silverfish-and-firebrats/, 2013