INSECT DEVELOPMENT
Structure of Egg polar granules micropyle yolk spheres nuclear cytoplasm aeropyle chorion nucleus periplasm (cytoplasm) polar granules vitelline membrane
aeropyles micropyle
Sperm Transfer 1. Spermatophore
Sperm Transfer 2. Direct intromission
Sperm Transfer 2. Direct intromission Penes of male Argia (Odonata)
Sperm Transfer 3. Traumatic (Haemocoelic) insemination
Development - Fertilization Syncytial blastoderm germ cells
Development - Germ Band Formation Blastoderm cells migrate ventrally Germ band
Insect Development - Gastrulation 1 ectoderm mesoderm 2 3 germ band
Amnionic sac Midgut rudiments 2 1 dorsal closure neuroblasts 3 4
Heart endoderm Ectoderm mesoderm Gut fat body Hemocoel tracheal invagination somatic muscles Ventral nerve cord
Fate of the Germ Layers cleavage energids blastoderm pole cells ectoderm mesoderm endoderm midgut stomodeum proctodeum epidermis trachea salivary glands mesodermal bands neuroblasts CNS gametes gonad visceral muscles somatic muscles fat body heart