Chapter 11 Vocabulary - Forensic Entomology

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 as storage for food.

Question 4

Entomology

Answer 4

The 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

A 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

A worm-like stage of insect development after egg.

Question 10

Maggot

Answer 10

A worm-like fly larva.

Question 11

Oviposition

Answer 11

Depositing, or laying, of eggs.

Question 12

Pupa

Answer 12

A non-feeding 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 first, second, or third instar.