http://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/ The latest terms added to the Amateur Entomologists' Society's Entomologists' Glossary. en-gb Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:24:51 GMT contact@amentsoc.org (Kieren Pitts) contact@amentsoc.org (Kieren Pitts) http://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/midge the name given to a number of species of, often biting, fly in the suborder Nematocera. Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:27:48 GMT http://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/midge http://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/gnat the name given to a number of species of fly in the suborder Nematocera. Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:25:42 GMT http://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/gnat http://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/girdle a silken thread used to support the pupae of a butterfly or moth. Fri, 8 Apr 2011 05:58:00 GMT http://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/girdle http://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/fovea an area in the compound eye that provides greater visual acuity than the rest of the eye. Fri, 8 Apr 2011 05:54:56 GMT http://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/fovea http://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/filiform a term used to describe thin, thread-like antennae. Fri, 8 Apr 2011 05:52:39 GMT http://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/filiform