radial symmetry
radial symmetry The arrangement of the body of an animal in which parts are arranged symmetrically around a central axis. Such an arrangement allows the animal to interact with its environment from all directions. It is most commonly associated with a
sessile way of life. Compare
BILATERAL SYMMETRY.
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Driven batty, katydids change tune. (katydids living in bat-infested areas adjust their mating calls)
Magazine article from: Science News; 10/10/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...the actual risk of katydid talkativeness...researchers put individual katydids in large, screened...chirping that male katydids do, the more difficult...is for a female katydid to find herself...in the nests of katydid-eating bats...the wings off of katydids before eating...
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Katydid Collection Creates Tattoo Inspired Komen Shirts to Support Breast Cancer Awareness.
PR Newswire; 9/9/2009; 700+ words
; ...DALLAS, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Katydid Collection today announced the availability...black and white - features distinctive Katydid Collection designs, pairing bold graphics...bin/prnh/20090909/DA72130) The Katydid Collection tee will be awarded to the...
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Midsummer night's din, thanks to local katydids.(House-Home)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/7/2005; 700+ words
; ...chorus upon chorus of katydids up high in the trees...than 4000 species of katydids throughout the world...known as the "true Katydid," these merry music...thermometer, thanks to katydids. On the next warm evening...to be from the same katydid, a bit tricky), add...
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Nightly and seasonal patterns of calling in common true katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pterophylla camellifolia).(Report)
Magazine article from: Journal of Orthoptera Research; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...behavior. Common true katydids are weak fliers, apparently...season progresses, katydid numbers decline, and...calling in common true katydids, and environmental...s samples) in which katydids were detected singing...Methods We sampled katydid calling patterns using...
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In New York, A Quest For Long-Sought Katydids
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 9/14/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...searching for species of crickets and katydids. Well, NPR's Margot Adler went...was also about finding the classic katydid, the common true katydid, found...Street every night and hear these katydids. ADLER: And there they were...
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Noisy boys.(mating calls of crickets, grasshoppers, katydids and cicadas)
Magazine article from: Ranger Rick; 9/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...some katydids as others. Katydids don't call as often...That lets any other katydids on his leaf or branch...Hey, there's another katydid here!" CCCCCRICKETS...Like the noisemaking katydids, almost all male crickets...
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The Jungle Bug; A Nighttime Search for Katydids in the Far Reaches of Ecuador
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/9/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...in years past and found many katydids. The scientists trained their...scorpion and, within minutes, katydids. "Net," someone shouted...entomologists were catching katydids every few feet, and in the...about 20. But the most fertile katydid territory lay ahead, according...
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No correlation of body size and high-frequency hearing sensitivity in neotropical phaneropterine katydids.(Report)
Magazine article from: Journal of Orthoptera Research; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...moths, the hearing system in katydids also serves the basic function...absolute hearing sensitivity of katydids is already at a maximum and...of species of phaneropterine katydids in the Panamanian tropical...homologous in various species of katydid. The neuron was the so-called...
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Katydid course asks the right questions.
News Wire article from: Aiken Standard (Aiken, SC); 11/16/2008; 700+ words
; ...The marathon course Saturday at the Katydid Combined Driving Event asked all of the...years, and since they started doing the Katydid CDE, more and more people have made it...horse class and has competed in all six Katydid CDEs. "We've raised him from the time...
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Summer singers.(katydids)
Magazine article from: Boy's Quest; 8/1/2003; ; 470 words
; ...ears on the upper front legs! Katydids look somewhat like grasshoppers...antennae that look like hairs. Katydids are usually green in color...brown, and some are pink. Katydids can live in trees, feeding...and by summer, there is katydid music again.
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katydid
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
katydid common name of certain large...in the order Orthoptera. Katydids are green or, occasionally...3-12.5 cm) long. Katydids are nocturnal and arboreal...in spring. Newly hatched katydids resemble the adults except...
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bush katydid
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
bush katydid See TETTIGONIIDAE .
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pine-tree katydids
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
pine-tree katydids See TETTIGONIIDAE .
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Tettigoniidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Tettigoniidae ( bush katydids , cone-headed grasshoppers , katydids , listroceline grasshoppers , long-horned grasshoppers , meadow grasshoppers , pine-tree katydids , shield-backed grasshoppers ; order Orthoptera...
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grasshopper
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Tettigoniidae) are characterized by antennae longer than the body and auditory organs on the forelegs. This family includes the katydids . The short-horned grasshoppers (family Acrididae) are characterized by antennae shorter than the body and auditory organs...
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