Insects of Southern Australian Broadacre Farming Systems - Grains ...
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Insect type<br />
Page number<br />
Lifecycle<br />
General shape &/or other useful features<br />
Body region features<br />
Order (O)<br />
I SPY<br />
Section<br />
4<br />
Head Thorax<br />
No. <strong>of</strong><br />
wing<br />
pairs<br />
No. <strong>of</strong><br />
legs<br />
Mouthparts Antennae<br />
Ute Guide *<br />
Wing appearance SA WA<br />
Transparent<br />
hindwings concealed<br />
underneath hardened<br />
forewings (elytra).<br />
Lifecycle: complete metamorphosis.<br />
Usually hard, rounded body shape.<br />
17<br />
Adult Forms<br />
Beetles<br />
O: Coleoptera<br />
2<br />
(usually)<br />
Chewing Variable 6<br />
47<br />
- 64<br />
37<br />
- 48<br />
Lifecycle: complete metamorphosis.<br />
Wings covered with<br />
scales in regular<br />
overlapping rows.<br />
Butterflies have clubbed antennae and are<br />
mostly active during daylight.<br />
Moths are usually active at night.<br />
2<br />
18<br />
- 46<br />
Moths & butterflies<br />
O: Lepidoptera<br />
6 2<br />
Often<br />
filamentous,<br />
multi-segmented<br />
in females or<br />
feathery and<br />
comb-like in<br />
males.<br />
Coiled sucking<br />
tube (proboscis/<br />
haustellum)<br />
Wasps, bees & ants<br />
O: Hymenoptera<br />
Prominent,<br />
17<br />
- 36<br />
Ocelli present above each eye.<br />
Transparent wings.<br />
Forewings always<br />
slightly longer than<br />
hindwings.<br />
Forewings and<br />
hindwings are hooked<br />
together.<br />
Lifecycle: complete metamorphosis.<br />
Body usually has a narrow waist<br />
(constriction) between the first two<br />
abdominal segments.<br />
Female has a hardened ovipositor (egg<br />
laying organ) which can be modified for<br />
stinging.<br />
81<br />
Table 3.2 Key characters <strong>of</strong> invertebrates <strong>of</strong> agricultural importance – ADULT FORMS<br />
119<br />
- 129<br />
2 or<br />
none<br />
6<br />
generally with<br />
nine segments or<br />
more.<br />
95<br />
- 103<br />
Chewing<br />
SECTION 3 IMPORTANT INSECT GROUPS AND IDENTIFICATION KEYS<br />
* Crop <strong>Insects</strong> the Ute Guide, <strong>Southern</strong> (S.A.) or Western (W.A.) edition<br />
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<strong>Insects</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Australian</strong> <strong>Broadacre</strong> <strong>Farming</strong> <strong>Systems</strong> Identification Manual and Education Resource © 2012
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