Arthropoda Hexapoda

By: Mac Palin, Kaleb Weist

Myrmecia nigriscapaOr the

Bullgog ant

Taxonomy

• 9 main break offs• Most well known

Hexapodas are in the insecta

Phylum Description

• Exoskeletons• 6 legs• Usually insects • 3 main body

segments• Invertebrates • Many adult species

have wings

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Hexapoda’s reproductive system

• First the female lays eggs

• Then when the eggs hatch they are larvae

• The larvae matures into a adult specimen

• Then the adult “bug” repeats

Feeding of the Hexapoda

• Varied between species but most are predators

• Few like grasshoppers and butterflies

• Digestion is in one single stomach

Circulatory system

• They have 2 main blood vessels• And there hearts are in there heads or necks

Respiratory system

• They breath through tubes

• They have lungs also

• They need oxygen like all mammals

Environment

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• They live in every continent except They polar regions

• Survive by eating others if times are hard

Human interaction

• Humans encounter hexapoda (commonly known as insects) almost every day

• Most insect interactions are not good like getting stung, blood stolen, and invading houses

Unique features

• They have exoskeletons, six legs, and 3 main body segments

Animals from are group

Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier Mantodea Stagmomantis

Myrmica rubra Goliathus goliathus

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