https://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/ The latest terms added to the Amateur Entomologists' Society's Entomologists' Glossary. en-gb Sat, 23 Oct 2021 15:09:17 +0000 contact@amentsoc.org (Kieren Pitts) contact@amentsoc.org (Kieren Pitts) https://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/thanatosis the behaviour of feigning death, usually to deceive a predator. Mon, 3 Mar 2014 14:17:26 GMT https://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/thanatosis https://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/teneral the state of an insect immediately after moulting. At this time the insect's exoskeleton has not hardened and it may be pale in colour. Mon, 3 Mar 2014 13:59:13 GMT https://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/teneral https://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/semivoltine a species taking more than one year to complete its life-cycle. Mon, 3 Mar 2014 13:39:01 GMT https://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/semivoltine https://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 https://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/midge https://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 https://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/gnat