insect antennae
Arthropod sensory appendages
Antennae are the paired sensory appendages on an insect's head—slender, segmented structures used for detecting smell, touch, and sometimes sound or humidity.
The singular is antenna.
While insects have antennae, spiders and other arachnids do not.
The moth's feathery antennae help it locate mates from great distances.
- chemoreceptionDetection of chemical stimuli
- chemical signalsMolecules conveying information between cells
- sensory organsStructures that perceive stimuli
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
- sensePerception or judgment
pectinate · filiform · feeler · nerve impulses · scape · pedicel · palps · environmental cues · flagellum · capitate · spatial orientation · olfaction · butterfly · moth · segments · probing · bristles · jointed
- feelersfeelers
- chemoreceptorstaste bud, taste buds, carotid body
insect body appendage type
insect antennaeinsect legs
Segmented arthropod appendages
wings · ovipositor · mandibles · legs · stinger