BIO101L-Green Group

Question 1

Annual Cicada

Answer 1

Phylum: Arthropoda
Key ID Features: Adults (3 cm length, wingspan to 8cm), generally black or brown with green markings
Habitat: Any area with trees
Origin: Native to the U.S
Adult Diet: sap of trees and bushes
Laveral diet: root juices of many plants, especially trees

Question 2

Praying Mantis

Answer 2

Phylum: Arthropoda
Key ID Features: Adults are large (up to 15cm), green or brown with large, grasping forelegs for catching prey Nymphs resemble adults, but are smaller and wingless
Habitat: Tall grass, flowers, and bushes
Diet: Almost any insect smaller than themselves
Origin: Carolina mantid is native to the U.S; Chinese mantid is native to asia

Question 3

Widow Skimmer

Answer 3

Phylum: Arthropoda
Key ID Features: Large (up to 5cm)
Male with black and white wing markings. Female with a black base of wings and yellow stripes on the abdomen
Origin: Native to the U.S
Habitat: Adults found near ponds and lakes; cricket-like larvae are aquatic, and take one year to mature
Adult diet: Flying insects
Larval diets: Aquatic invertebrates

Question 4

Carolina Grasshopper

Answer 4

Phylum: Arthropoda
Key ID Features: Adults Large (3-5.5 cm long), light brown or black with yellowish margins
Habitat: Weedy Grasslands and disturbed weedy areas
Diet: plants, including grasses
Origin: Native to the U.S

Question 5

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Answer 5

Phylum: Arthropoda
Key ID Features: Large (wingspan 13 cm), usually yellow butterfly with black wing margins and black stripes. One “swallowtail” on each hindwing.
The female has 2 morphs (forms): a yellow morph with blue hindwings; dark morph with stripes barely visible
Habitat: Fields and forests
Adult Diet: Flower Nectar
Larval Diet: Leaves of many trees
Origin: Native to the U.S

Question 6

Cabbage White

Answer 6

Phylum: Arthropoda
Key ID Features: Adults medium size (wingspan to 6cm); white with black wing spots. Females have two spots and males have one
Habitat: Open fields
Adult Diet: Flower nectar
Larvel Diet: Leaves of plants in the cabbage family
Origin: Introduced from Eurasia

Question 7

Orange Sulphur

Answer 7

Phylum: Arthropoda
Key ID Features: Adults medium-sized (wingspan to 6cm); yellow butterflies with black wing margin on the upper surface, orange wash on wings. Females have yellow spots in black wing margins, males do not.
Habitat: open fields
Adult diet: Flower nectar. Males sometimes suck on mud for salts
Larvel diet: Leaves of clovers
Origin: Native to the U.S

Question 8

Monarch

Answer 8

Phylum: Arthropoda
Key ID Features: Adults Large (wingspan to 14 cm); orange with black wing veins
Habitat: Open fields and Wood Edges
Adult Diet: Flower nectar
Larval Diet: Leaves of milkweed
Origin: Native to the U.S

Question 9

Firefly

Question 9

Western Honeybee