Exam Two Flashcards
Match the functions of the following with their terms: Foregut, Midgut, Hindgut, Malpighian Tubules
Foregut: Food and Storage; Midgut: Majority of digestion and absorption of nutrients; Hindgut: Reabsorption of water and nutrients and ridding the body of waste; Malpighian tubules: filter the hemolymph of toxins and waste.
An tiger beetle is what type of carnivore?
Generalist Predator
What is the unusual insect mentioned in class
Spotted crow eggfly
Define the following words: Holometabolous, Ametabolous, Paurometabolous and Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous: Egg-larva-pupa-adult; Ametabolous: Egg- immature- adult; Paurometabolous: Egg-nymph-adult; Hemimetabolous: Egg-naiad-adult
A dung beetle with a life cycle where the male and female roll a ball of dung, bury it and mate would be characterized as ___________
Rollers
The shedding of the exoskeleton for a new one is called _________
Molting
According to lecture, which of the following insects have lapping and/or sponging mouthparts?
Bees and wasps - Flies
What factors start the molting process?
Feeding and Daylength/ Photoperiod
Which insect won the monster bug wars video that we watched in class?
Water bug
The act of an insect consuming dung is called________.
Coprophagy
A honey bee that finds a flower 90 yards away from the colony would communicate that information using which dance?
Waggle dance
This substance prevents bees from swarming and keeps all workers sterile.
Queen substance
__________ is a division of labor by age in honey bees.
Polyethism
What triggers swarming in termites?
Day Length (photoperiod) and Humidity and barometric pressure change
Define the termite job titles: Workers, Soldiers and Queen and King
Workers - Day to day labor and nest upkeep (male and female); Soldiers - Protect the colony (male and female); Queen and King - Only reproductively capable members of the colony
Define the termite job titles: Workers, Soldiers and Queen and King
Workers - Day to day labor and nest upkeep (male and female); Soldiers - Protect the colony (male and female); Queen and King - Only reproductively capable members of the colony
According to lecture what is the only method that honey bees have developed to combat the giant Asian hornet?
Smothering and overheating it
Which of these will help you avoid being attacked by bees?
Call a professional to move swarms, Avoid strong scents and Wear light colored clothing
This exchange of liquid food or body fluids that is found in termites.
Anal Trophallaxis
________ is the only source of protein that a bee will eat in its life.
Pollen
Describe the correct age of worker bees with the job they are responsible for in the colony during that time
0 to 3 days - Clean the Hive; 3 to 10 days - Feed Larvae; 10 to 15 days - Wax production; 15 days and older - Forage
What are some benefits of resembling ants?
Protection from predators and Protection and food from the mimicked ants
Describe the ant caste system: Workers, Soldiers, Queen and Winged males
Workers: All sterile females, responsible for cleaning, foraging and some defense.
Soldiers: all sterile female only responsible for defense, occasionally needs to be fed by others
Queen: Reproductive female, one per colony responsible for laying eggs.
Winged males: Provides sperm for virgin queen then dies
This type of nest is traditionally in the ground, often has plant material at the top to help regulate temperatures, and has very extensive underground chambers.
Combined nests
A foraging strategy for _______________ ants is fungus farming.
Leaf cutting
What is the purpose of swarming in ants?
Virgin reproductives finding mates to start a new colony
Who won the monster bug wars on Wednesday’s class (3/16)?
Ant lion
This type of ant nest is made by army ants and is composed of their living bodies, held together by legs and mandibles.
Bivouac nest
If the queen dies in an ant colony what will happen to the rest of the colony?
The colony dies
_______________ is a high sugary substance exuded by aphids that is coveted by ants that they will ‘farm’ aphids.
Honeydew
What is the primary food source of harvester ants?
Seeds
This type of insect movie is characterized by its rapid display of still shots to give the illusion of movement.
Animated films
Where did the final exciting scene of the Movie “THEM!” take place?
Los Angeles
The three ‘rules’ of live-action insect movies are:
- Insects/science shown in a negative light
- Insects are used as a threat to provoke horror or disgust
- Entomologists are detached from reality and often psychotics or idiotic
The movie “Them!” was made about giant radioactive ________
Ants
The item that was stolen by the mutated insects in “Them!” was ______.
Sugar
This type of film is characterized by showing insects in an unbiased way and describing and portraying mysterious groups.
Documentaries
Which of these movies was the largest budget arthropod film to date?
“Arachnophobia”
The general theme of insect movies in the 50’s and 60’s was _______________
Giant radioactive insects
What is name of the town where the first attack happened in the movie THEM!?
Alamogordo
This film by Winsor McCay was the first insect cartoon. This film was also extremely popular and toured very well.
“How a Mosquito Operates”
