Droseraceae: The Carnivorous Plant Family Essay

-5 This clearly outlines the aspects of Decorum by Phaedra as the Queen is expected to constitute and portray herself with formality and self respect, for she is the queen and also a woman and she is expected to compose herself in a manner as all women are expected to do. Verisimilitude focuses on the appearance of truth focusing on the authenticity of the play, the morality of the play and the perception of the play. Things such as fantasy, supernatural occurrences and violence were not prohibited in the play because it would not seem real and it would be difficult to be persuasive and believable to the audience. It was also important that all plays had an occurring message and moral lesson that was to be taught to the audience as they were

The nine specimens were placed into a watch-glass container and checked to ensure that they were of relatively equal sizes to one another. The pipette was then utilized to collect one Daphnia magna and placed onto a depression slide to create a wet mount. It is noted that a coverslip was not to be placed on the top of the slide.

All species are found in North America and tend to be nocturnal, but they inhabit relatively unique niches, which is evident in various minute differences between the species, including fur and nose size. C. townsendii tends to live in evergreen forests that have a moderate climate while C. mexicanus lives in higher, more humid and mountainous habitats. For this reason, C. townsendii has a darker, thicker coat; not only does it act as better natural camouflage, but the coarse, thick hair protects it well from the environment. C. refenisquii is found primarily in the Southwestern United States, but migrates frequently due to the changes in

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Steyskal, G. C., Murphy, W. L., & Hoover, E. M. (1986). Insects and mites: techniques for collection and preservation. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural research.

Originating from eastern and southern United States, phylloxera lives on native American vines. Developing on mature storage roots, phylloxera disrupts their function, allowing countless secondary fungal pathogens to be introduced. Early signs of a phylloxera infestation include yellowing of leaves and stunting of growth as the leaves lose function. Symptoms will appear within three years, ultimately killing the vines between five to six years depending on the phylloxera genotype. Phylloxera is characterized by having three-jointed antennae, the third of which is the longest, and its overlapping wings resting flat on the back. It belongs to the order of Homoptera, and shares commonalities between two families of that sub-order: the plant-lice and bark-lice. Their lifecycle, from egg to adult, is gradual and complex—one species is known to progress through 21 different phases. Phylloxera adults are all female and reproduce asexually. One adult female is capable of producing 1) 200 eggs per cycle and 2) having several cycles in a lifetime.

Spanish stopper (Eugenia foetida): Eugenia foetida is a member of the family Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, and is colloquially referred to as "Spanish stopper" or "boxleaf stopper." It is found year-round in the understory of mangrove forests, coastal hammocks and dunes in coastal, central to southern Florida, and east in the

As the larva continues to grow, it starts to show a pattern of yellow, black, and white bands across its body and becomes covered in short bristles called setae. It is at this stage where the tentacles start to form. One pair grows from the abdomen and another from the thorax, or the middle section of the body. The larva gets bigger and the bands become more pronounced and the tentacles more elongated. Legs on the thorax change into a smaller pair closer toward the head and the pair at the abdomen grow larger. The caterpillar starts eating the edges of the leaves from where they were hatched and develops white spots

The most prominent fossils in the Crato Formation are the insects that are preserved. One example of an insect that has been recently found is the Araripenymphes seldeni (as seen in figure 3), an extinct species of lacewing (Myskowiak et al., 2016). The taphonomic classification of A.seldini is: Nymphidae Family Neuroptera Order, and Insecta Class (Myskowiak et al., 2016). This particular species shows sexual dimorphism, a difference in characteristics beyond the sexual organs (Clarkson, 1998). In particular, differences in the wing colouration and wing lengths (Myskowiak et al.,

Stems are long and weak, square in cross section, prickly (spiny) with glands on young parts. Leaves are matt, mid-green, deeply veined and sometimes hairy. The lamina is pear or oval shaped, pointed to broadly-rounded apex, rounded base, round or regular toothed margins with wrinkled and strigose (sharp oppressed rigid bristly hairs) upper surface. When the leaves are crushed, a strong and distinctive odour is exuded. Flower heads have many smaller flowers. Each flower is tubular-shaped and have 4 spreading lobes (petals), changing colour with age. The colours would be a various combinations of white, yellow, orange, red or pink. Fruit is a berry or drupe arranged in clusters. The fruit is green and becomes purple-black when mature. This plant takes over huge areas usually in moist gullies, along drainage lines and around wetlands. It can be found scrambling high into tree tops. The intense growth of the weed restricts any plant to grow beneath it or around it. This results in plant growth being restricted and not allowing plantation to develop.

Venus fly traps are incredible plants, categorized in the plantae kingdom, in the droseraceae family, the Dionaea genus, and finally the Dionaea muscipula. Carnivous plants such as venus fly traps can be quite picky on their needs; such as soil, sunlight, what to feed them, and how much water they need.

Imagine that you are in a huge forest as a survivor from a big plane crash that crashed on an island with not much supplies to survive. Once you have gotten used to the island you gathered some food and some wood and other supplies for the night. Suddenly, a Tree Viper is right behind and is seconds away from biting you and you don’t even notice it. CHOMP! You have been bitten and you have nothing to do to save you. Your only option is to sit there and slowly and painfully.

Astraspis was one of the earliest fish of all time. It lacked fins and had a poorly evolved tail, making it a horrible swimmer. Its lack of fins and related lack of movement ability would have made it an easy target for Ordovician carnivores such as eurypterids and orthocones.

Furthermore, since the host can easily dislodge the eggs, the female will then inject a toxin that paralyzes the caterpillar or any other prey. Although, in some cases the paralysis may actually be permanent. During this the prey will lye alive, and the prey will be completely immobile with the eggs lying on its stomach. During this, the eggs will hatch, and the prey will twitch, and then the wasp larvae pierces though and begins consumption.

(The Spider Book, J.Comstock) After the innitial threads are placed, the spider will build on a catching spiral made of sticky silk. These spirals will be what capture and snare prey until the spider is able to reach it and inject it with its