phasmid in a sentence
Examples
- Instead of one centralized control system, it seems each leg of a phasmid operates independently.
- Unlike most phasmids, the insects have no wings, but are able to run quickly.
- The insects, dubbed Mantophasmatodea, have features of praying mantises and walking sticks and other phasmids.
- The only published biography of Shelford looks specifically at his work on phasmids ( stick insects ).
- Many species of phasmids are mate and their sexual behavior depends on the presence and abundance of males.
- Deimatic display occurs in widely separated groups of animals, including moths, butterflies, phasmids among the insects.
- A short biography of Kirby, with particular reference to his work on phasmids was published by Bragg in 2007.
- Like all insects, phasmids have six legs and three parts to their body : head, thorax, and abdomen.
- Based on genetic evidence, the closest living relatives of the Dictyoptera are the phasmids and the enigmatic groups Mantophasmatodea and Grylloblattodea.
- Several Mesozoic families appear to be related to the phasmids, and are generally but not universally agreed to be stem group stick insects.