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Head
An insect's body is divided into three main segments. The head is the anterior (front) most segment. The head features many of the important sensory organs such as antennae and eyes. The head also has the mouthparts.
The head of a social wasp.
Photograph by Richard Bartz licensed under Creative Commons.
Related terms
- Abdomen
- Antenna
- Arista
- Clypeus
- Compound eye
- Insects
- Juvenile hormone
- Labium
- Labrum
- Mandibles
- Maxilla
- Ocelli
- Ommatidia
- Proboscis
- Rostrum
- Subesophageal ganglion
- Tagma
- Thorax
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