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another midterm i guess Flashcards

1
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Where can olfactory neurons be found?

A

Legs
Antennae
Mouthparts

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2
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What are the three eye types?

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Ocelli
Compound
Stemmata

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3
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What are ocelli?

A

Eyes on the top of the head, light sensors

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4
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What are compound eyes?

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Eyes that provide multifaceted sight, made up of ommatidia

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5
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What are stemmata?

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Eyes found in larva that provide limited images

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6
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What insects have the most ommatidia?

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Predators and fast flying ones

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7
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What role does bioluminesense play in insects?

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Mating
Pray detection/attraction
Warning

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8
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What are examples of pheromone usages?

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Sex
Aggregation
Spacing
Trail Marking
Alarm

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9
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What parts of an insect can detect carbon dioxide?

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Antennae of mouthparts

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10
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Why is carbon dioxide detection important?

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Helps with feeding
Enables insects to regulate air in nests

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11
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What are the two ways that sound reception works in insects?

A

hairs
membranes

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12
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What are the two ways that sound production works in insects?

A

Membrane
Stridulation

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13
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How does membrane sound production work? Example?

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Muscle distortion, cicadas

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14
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How does stridulation sound production work? Example

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scrape and file, grasshoppers

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15
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What are examples of non-chemical defenses?

A

Crypsis
Masquerade
Startle response
Autonomy

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16
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What are examples of chemical defenses?

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Elimination
Metabolic detoxification
Internal toxins
Paternity chemicals

17
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What are sitting and waiting examples?

A

Crypsis
Fast-flying
Traps
Fleas
Lice

18
Q

What are the types of active foraging?

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Random
Non-random (chemicals, sounds, light)
Phoresy (backpack)

19
Q

What are modifications found on predators?

A

Spined and spurred legs
Tubular, stronger mandibles
Greater sensing

20
Q

What is a lotic insect?

A

only found in flowing water

21
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What are attributes of lotic insects?

A

Suckers
Flattened bodies
Nets and Cases

22
Q

What is a lentic insect?

A

Found in standing water

23
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What are the attributes of lentic insects?

A

Strong zonation
Surface tension use

24
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What are phtolemata?

A

Water reservoirs in plants, pitcher plant

25
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What is the odonata life cycle like?

A

Naiads are aquatic
Adults move to land

25
Q

What are subsocial characteristics?

A

meet ANY of the following:
aggregate
Divide labor
Care for young

26
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What are eusocial characteristics?

A

ALL of the following:
Coop brood care
Overlapping generations
Reproductive division of labor

27
Q

What is the common insect caste system in order?

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Queen
Workers
Soldiers

28
Q

What is unique about termites?

A

Royal cell and jelly
Nuptial flight
Farm fungus

29
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What is a inquiline?

A

shares a home

30
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What are types of inquiline?

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integrated (wasmanian mimicry, chemical camo, dulosis)
Non-integrated

31
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What is dulosis?

A

Slave making

32
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What are saprophages?

A

Non-motile insects in soil

33
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What are detritovores?

A

motile insects in soil

34
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What are morphological changes in soil insects?

A

Reduced eyes
No wings
Fossorial/ jumping limbs
Transverse bands for pupae

35
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What are coprophages?

A

insects that eat feces

36
Q

What is the order of carrion insects?

A

Flies
Beetles
Moths

37
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What is the decay cycle?

A

Initial decay
Putrefaction
Black putrefaction
Butyric
Dry Decay

38
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What are troglobionts?

A

Cave-dwelling insects

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