Insect Anatomy 101: Wing Types

We are here talking about the different wing types of insects. Dragonflies, bees, butterflies, ants, and most other insects have 4 wings! Only flies and strepsiptera have 2 wings. Join us as we work our way through membranous wings, tegmina, elytra, and hemelytra!

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Photo Credits
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Membranous Wings
Photo by: PikRepo
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Tegmina
Photo by: Didier Descouens
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Photo was cropped and resized for purposes of the video.

Elytra
Photo by: Need Pix
Licensed under: Public Domain

Hemelytra
Photo by: AJC1
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Photo was rotated and resized for purposed of the video

Blue Morpho Butterfly
Photo by: Gregory Phillips
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Butterfly Scales
Photo by: SecretDisc
Located at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidop...
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Hamuli
Photo by: Insects Unlocked
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Licensed under: Public Domain

Haltere
Photo by: Pinzo
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Licensed under: Public Domain
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