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Insect Anatomy
Copyright © 2005 Chris Wirth

Insect Anatomy
Base image derived from a figure (1) and relabeled for clarity.

The major body regions of an insect (grasshopper) are labeled.
ant, antenna
cx, coxa (in yellow)
E, compound eye
epm, epimeron
eps, episternum
fm, femur
sp, spiracles
tr, trochanter
tym, tympanum

This image replaces a hand-drawn figure uploaded in 2005 which was improperly removed and frassed in January 2025.

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Insect Anatomy Frontal view of insect head Side view of insect head Posterior view of insect head
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Contributed by Chris Wirth on 17 November, 2005 - 5:36pm
Last updated 27 January, 2025 - 10:21pm

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These are not your images to re-distribute and are protected as all rights reserved by the authors. Including your name in the copyright field as someone who does not actually hold copyright would also be infringement per se.
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Insect anatomy figure
Hi Jon,

The figures you removed and frassed were my own work.

I took the opportunity to put together replacements using public domain base images and updated terminology so the Glossary, other pages, or comments linking to these images are not broken.
… Chris Wirth, 27 January, 2025 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

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