Finish the harmful insects with the wingless biters and the ones that sting.
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Fleas are wingless blood sucking insects, and cleanliness keeps them away
Insects usually have wings, but some blood sucking insects are entirely wingless. Such insects are known as fleas. If you look closely at these creatures, you will notice they still possess the typical insect body features. Importantly, they have exactly six legs, even though they have no wings at all.
The chapter's photographs of head lice, bed bug, dog flea and cat flea
Despite their differences in shape, all of these are six-legged insects that lack wings.
Two items on fleas and the disease they can spread
These small creatures still have six legs like other insects. Bubonic plague is a dangerous disease spread by wingless insects, not by a mosquito. Instead, it is spread by fleas that are commonly found on rodents like . Some insects survive by sucking blood, and the ones that are completely wingless are known as . It is incredibly important to maintain good hygiene to protect ourselves from these biting pests.
Bees and wasps sting from the back of the body, causing pain and redness
Some insects, like the bee and the wasp, carry a defense mechanism called a sting. The textbook defines a sting simply as a painful bite. However, unlike a bite from a mouth, this sting is located at the back of the insect's body.
The chapter's photographs of a wasp and honeybee with the sting circled
Both bees and wasps carry their sting at the very back of their bodies, rather than on their mouths.
Two questions on stinging insects and where the sting sits
Bees and ________ are stinging insects.