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One leg pair per segment of the thorax
  • prothoracic leg
  • mesothoracic leg
  • metathoracic leg


Types
Ambulatory - Walking - front legs of grasshopper
Cursorial - running - tiger beetle
Saltorial - Jumping - grasshopper
Fossorial - digging - mole cricket
Raptorial - grasping - mantid
Natorial - swimming - water bug
Clasping - holding gently - front leg of water bug
Parts of the legTympanumAmbulatory: Walking legs - Fork-tailed bush katydid - Scudderia furcataSaltorial:Jumping legs - Gray bird grasshopper -Shcistocera nitensFossorial: digging leg - Jerusalem cricket - Ammopelmatus sp.Raptorial: grasping leg - European Mantis - Mantis religiosaCursorial:running legs - Turkestan roach - Blatta laterallisUsing running legs - immature Turkestan roach - Blatta laterallisProlegs and true legs of a larva
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