INSECTS

10-letter Insects that contain O

Insects with exactly 10 letters that contain O — full profile for each.

You're looking for 10-letter insects containing O — here are 4 matches, each linked to a full profile.

List of 10-letter Insects that contain O

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    Burnet Moth

    Zygaena filipendulae (six-spot burnet)

    A brilliantly coloured day-flying moth of chalk downland and coastal grassland — the six-spot burnet has six vivid red spots on metallic blue-black forewings, a warning colouration that advertises its toxicity; burnet moths produce hydrogen cyanide from their own tissues as a chemical defence, making them poisonous to predators; conspicuous in sunshine on downland flowers, flying weakly but apparently without concern for predators.

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    Froghopper

    Philaenus spumarius (common froghopper)

    The world's greatest jumper relative to body size — the common froghopper can jump 70 cm straight up, accelerating at 400 g, which is greater than the force experienced by a fighter pilot in a dogfight; the larvae are hidden inside "cuckoo spit" — the white froth seen on plant stems each spring.

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    Rove Beetle

    Staphylinus olens

    A large family of beetles with characteristically short wing covers that expose most of the abdomen — the most species-rich beetle family, playing crucial roles as predators, scavengers, and even ant-colony infiltrators.

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    Zorapteran

    Zoraptera (order — about 45 known species; common: Zorotypus hubbardi)

    A tiny, obscure insect in the small order Zoraptera — sometimes called "angel insects" — known mostly to specialists, with a strange dimorphism and a phylogenetic position that has long puzzled entomologists.

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