Class Insecta: Communication

Question 1

chemical signals

Answer 1

pheromones (chemical sex attractants, alarm, territorial, aggregation and food trail pheromones)

Question 2

sound production

Answer 2

warning, advertisement (territory or mating)

Question 3

tactile

Answer 3

tapping, stroking, grasping, antennae toucing

Question 4

visual signals

Answer 4

bioluminescence (fireflies or lightning bugs) used for mating

Question 5

social behavior

Answer 5

have a caste system (queen, drones, workers) examples are bees, wasps, ants and termites

Question 6

insects and humans other

Answer 6

• many are considered pests

- can be parasitic, vectors of disease, damage structures or destroy agricultural products

Question 7

parasitic insects

Answer 7

mosquitos, lice, bed bugs

Question 8

insects that are vectors for disease

Answer 8

mosquitos, flies

Question 9

insects that damage structures

Answer 9

termites

Question 10

insects that destroy agricultural products

Answer 10

locusts, weevils

Question 11

forms of pest control

Answer 11

insecticides, but rely more on methods of biocontrol

Question 12

insects that are beneficial to the environment

Answer 12

butterflies, bees, wasps, ants.

this is because plants need to reproduce and pollinators receive rewards of nectar and pollen