Pictures and examples of Insects having ambulatory & cursorial leg modifications. Department of Entomology BZ. University Multan

1. MODIFICATION OF INSECT LE
Muhammad Salman
agrarianbzu@yahoo.com
Department of Entomology BZ. University Mu

2. Modification of Insect legs
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Ambulatory or Walking Legs
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Cursorial or Running Legs

3. 
Ambulatory legs are used for walking.
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Femur and tibia are long.
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Legs are well developed similar in form.

5. Ak Grasshopper
Pro- Leg of Ak- Grasshopper

6. Ak Grasshopper
Pro-Leg of Ak Grasshpper

7. Green Grasshopper
Pro Leg

8. Green Grasshopper
Pro Leg

9. Cockroach
Fore Leg Meso Leg

10. Cockroach
Meso Leg
Pro Leg

11. Boxelder bug
Pro Leg & Meso Leg

12. Red Cotton Bug
Pro Leg &
Meso Leg

13. Red Cotton Bug
Pro Leg
Meso Leg

14. House Fly
Pro Leg & Meso Leg

15. Alder Leaf Beetle
Pro Leg

16. Bug
First Two pairs of Legs

17. Stink bug with brown and white
mask

18. Stink bug with Leathery Mask
First Two Pairs

19. Tarnished Plant Bug
Pro & Meso Leg

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Cursorial legs are used for running.
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Femur is not swollen.
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Long, thin leg segments.

23. American Cockroach
Meta Leg

24. Meta Leg of
Cockroach

26. Brown Banded Cockroach
Meta Leg

27. Oriental Cockroach
Meta Leg

28. Ant
All legs of Ant

29. Bronze Tiger Beetle
Last Two Pairs of legs

30. Ground Beetle
Meso & Meta Leg

31. Starred ground beetle
Meso & Meta Le

32. Meta Leg
Meso Leg

33. Common Black Ground Beetle
Meso & Meta Leg

34. Beetle

35. Silverfish
Meta Leg

36. References
Erin Hodgson, It's a bug's life,
http://iowabuglife.blogspot.com/2012_08_01_archive.html, 2013
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David Larson, True Bugs,
http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~larsonmorgan/T
rue%20Bugs/true%20bugs.html, 2013
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Pavel Krasensky, Tarnished plant Bug,
http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/tarnished-plant-bug-photo6735.html, 2013
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Tony DiTerlizzi, Bug Guide,
http://bugguide.net/node/view/9537/bgimage, 2013
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Jiri Bohdal, Housefly, http://www.naturephotocz.com/house-fly-photo-14134.html, 2013
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37. References
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Anonymous, Brown banded cockroach,
http://www.orkin.com/cockroaches/brown-bandedcockroach/, 2013
Morgan Hatcher and Erin Weir,
http://cornellcollege.edu/biology/insects2003/erinmorgan/o
.htm, 2013
Armin, Periplaneta americana,
http://www.amphioxus.org/content/periplanetaamericana?size=_original, 2013
Steve Spitzer, Bronze tiger beetle,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/happy_peasant/2654190562/i
n/photostream/, 2013

38. References
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Malcom Storey, Common Black Ground Beetle,
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/common_bla
ck_ground_beetle.htm, 2013
Jon Lieff, Ants, Individual and Colony,
http://jonlieffmd.com/blog/ants-individual-and-colonysuperorganism-leadership-and-fire-ants, 2013
Jeffrey Hahn, Silverfish and firebrats in homes,
http://www1.extension.umn.edu/garden/insects/find/silve
rfish-and-firebrats/, 2013