Class Insecta: Order Hymenoptera WASPS

Question 1

wasps

Answer 1

-200,000 species

Question 2

warning coloration (aposomatic)

Answer 2

wasps, hornets, yellowjackets

Question 3

behavior

Answer 3

parasitic wasps or parasitoids (necrotroph) lay their eggs in inert stages of their host (egg or pupa) or sometimes paralyze their prey by injecting it with venom through their ovipositor and then insert one or more eggs into the host or deposit them upon the host externally; the hose remains alive until the parasitoid larvae are mature, usually dying either when the parasitoids pupate or when they emerge as adults

Question 4

galls

Answer 4

tumorlike growth (branches, trunk, roots, leaves) produced by the plant (variety of shapes and colors) in response to an invading organism- insect (flies, midges, fruit flies, moths, wasps): used as a nursery site for their offspring -oak apples

Question 5

micro-ecosystem

Answer 5

a) inducer
b) parasitoid
c) hyperparasitoid
d) inquiline

Question 6

inducer

Answer 6

gall forms in response to insect

Question 7

parasitoid

Answer 7

insect lays eggs in gall and larvae kill the hose (inducer insect)

Question 8

Hyperparasitoid

Answer 8

insect that is a parasite of the parasitoid

Question 9

inquiline

Answer 9

insect that lives inside the gall and feeds on its tissue: cohabits with the inducer insect

Question 10

nests

Answer 10

the type of nests produced by wasps can depend on the species and location, many social wasps produce paper pulp nests on trees, in attics, holes in the ground or other such sheltered areas with access to the outdoors, unlike honey bees, wasps have no wax producing glands and many create paper-like substance primarily from wood-pulp, that is softened by chewing and mixed with saliva and then used to make combs with cells for brood rearing