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Vincent Brian Wigglesworth
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Professor of Biology, University of Cambridge, 1952–66; Director, Agricultural Research Council Unit of Insect Physiology, 1943–67. Author of The Principles of Insect Physiology; The Life of Insects.

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Illustration showing a variety of adult insects, each labeled with its common name and order, including walkingstick, earwig, stonefly, tree cricket, dragonfly, female scale, cat flea, thrips, sucking louse, thysanuran, ant, scarab beetle, stinkbug, mosquito, and cabbage butterfly, highlighting their diverse shapes and sizes.
insect
Insect, (class Insecta or Hexapoda), any member of the largest class of the phylum Arthropoda, which is itself the largest of the animal phyla. Insects have segmented bodies, jointed legs, and external skeletons (exoskeletons). Insects are distinguished from other arthropods by their body, which is…
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