| 11. | The invertebrate fauna include spiders, beetles, dipterans, hemipterans, and hymenopterae.
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| 12. | The defining feature of hemipterans is their " beak " in which the modified predators.
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| 13. | Many hemipterans can produce sound for communication.
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| 14. | Most other hemipterans are predatory, feeding on other insects, or even small vertebrates.
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| 15. | In addition to protection, ants may provide other services in exchange for hemipteran honeydew.
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| 16. | A number of ant genera are recorded as tending groups of hemipterans to varying degrees.
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| 17. | As in other hemipterans, tessaratomids are nymphs ), hatch directly from the eggs.
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| 18. | Some hemipterans are used to produce dyestuffs such as carmine ( also called cochineal ).
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| 19. | Most hemipterans feed on plants, using their sucking and piercing mouthparts to extract plant sap.
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| 20. | Most hemipterans are phytophagous, using their sucking and piercing mouthparts to feed on plant sap.
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