COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF GINGOOG CITY

Don Restituto Baol Central School Complex

Gingoog City

Crop Protection 1
(PRINCIPLES OF ENTOMOLOGY)

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Insects’ External Structures

Activity #3

I. Introduction:

Organisms belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda have different external morphology. Even in the Class Insecta,
the different insects differ in forms and structures. Insects can be classified as either destructive or beneficial.
Destructive insects significantly reduced the yield of crops. Hence, they should be controlled. O the other hand, the
beneficial ones could be mass reared for economic reasons. To fight those insects considered as pests and to culture
those beneficial ones, it is with greater advantage when we understand their structure and the most important
characteristics that fit them for survival.

The knowledge of the anatomy of the insects is therefore essential in order to understand how they survive,
how they are able to diversify and how they could be differentiated from one another. The description of each part of the
anatomy begins with the features found in the common adult insects such as grasshopper and some distinctive
modifications of the insects.

II. Learning Objectives:

At the end of laboratory period, you should be able to:

1. Distinguish the body structure and form of insects;
2. Identify the external parts and appendages of insects; and
3. Enumerate the primary functions of integument (body wall or exoskeleton) of insects.

III. Materials:

Resource Units, Pencil, Bond Paper, Ballpen, internet sources (optional)

IV. Procedures:

1. Scan your resource units or browse in the internet on the features of insects’ external structure.
2. Read and understand the unique or specific characteristics, details and all other information based on your
readings from your resource units and/or browsing in the internet sources that would describe and help you
answering in the discussions below.
3. Note the body divisions and their respective parts of the external structures and appendages of insects as
shown in the figures below.
4. Discuss some question/s based on your understanding.

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V. Illustrations

Fig. 1. The External Structure and Appendages of an Insect

VI. Discussions:

A. Enumerate the primary functions of integument (body wall or exoskeleton) of an insect.

Number Primary Functions

1.

2.

3.

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B. Discuss the distinguishing features of the principal layers of the body wall.

Layers Features

Cuticle

Epidermis

Basement
Membrane

C. What is the importance of knowing the external structures of the insects?

VII. References:

Salatan, Elvira T. (2003). Resource Units in Crop Protection 3 (Principles of Entomology). Institute of Agriculture.
Misamis Oriental State College of Agriculture and Technology (Now USTP-Claveria). Claveria, Misamis Oriental

http://www.galeps.org/jadams/Biol%201224/Images%20for%20lecture/external%20anatomy.html

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