Their mouthparts are regular chewing mouthparts. These are similar to orthopterans, but without jumping legs. They also have leathery tegmina. The forelegs of mantids are adapted for capturing prey. Many mantids and walkingsticks are well camouflaged, resembling sticks, leaves, or flowers.
Termites have a caste system which includes both males and females, and they are colonial.
The workers can be distinguished from ants because they are whitish, more soft-bodied, and have no waist. Their front wings are leathery on the basal half and membranous on the distal half, hence are called hemelytra . At rest, the overlapping wings form an X over the insect s back. Bugs have long, pointed, piercing sucking mouthparts. Beetles fly with their membranous hind wings, folding them under the elytra when at rest.