Chapter 11 VOCAB

Question 1

Accumulated degree hours (ADH)-

Answer 1

The number of hours at an adjusted average temperature it takes for an insect species to develop to a given stage

Question 2

Complete metamorphosis-

Answer 2

Body development in four stages; egg, larva, pupa, and adult

Question 3

Crop-

Answer 3

A digestive organ used for storage of food

Question 4

Entomology-

Answer 4

Study of insects and related arthropods

Question 5

Forensic entomology-

Answer 5

Application of entomology to civil and criminal legal cases

Question 6

Grub-

Answer 6

Worm Like beetle larva

Question 7

Insect succession-

Answer 7

A predictable sequence of changing species that inhabit a decomposing body

Question 8

Instar-

Answer 8

Each of the three different larval stages of flies in species that undergo complete metamorphosis

Question 9

Larva-

Answer 9

Worm Like stage of insect development after egg

Question 10

Maggot-

Answer 10

Worm Like fly larva

Question 11

Oviposition-

Answer 11

Depositing, or laying, of eggs

Question 12

Pupa-

Answer 12

A nonfeeding stage of development between larva and adult

Question 13

Spiracles-

Answer 13

Respiratory organs of insects that are used by researchers to identify a larval stage as the first, second, or third instar