Hemimetabolous Insects 2

Question 1

What insects are Plecoptera?

Answer 1

stoneflies

Question 2

What are immature Plecoptera called, and what environment are they found in?

Answer 2

naiad

found in fast-moving, cool rocky waters

Question 3

What do stoneflies use rocks for?

Answer 3

crawls onto rocks and hatch as adults

Question 4

What mouthparts do mature and immature Plecoptera have?

Answer 4

chewing for both, but mature may not feed

Question 5

How do different species of Plecoptera differ?

Answer 5

they have various modifications to their mouthparts

Question 6

Why are stoneflies important? (2)

Answer 6

as an aquatic food source

water quality study

Question 7

What do stoneflies get mistaken for?

Answer 7

damselflies and mayflies

Question 8

What insects do Pthiraptera include?

Answer 8

lice

Question 9

How do Phiraptera feed?

Answer 9

host-specific

Question 10

What are chewing lice called, and what do they feed on?

Answer 10

Mallophaga

feeds on birds- feather, skin, hair, and debris

Question 11

What is interesting about Mallophaga heads?

Answer 11

it can be as wide as the thorax

Question 12

Where do Mallophaga lay eggs?

Answer 12

near shaft of feathers

Question 13

What are sucking lice called, and what do they feed on?

Answer 13

Anoplura

feeds on mammals- blood

Question 14

How many types of Anoplura is found?

Answer 14

Head, pubic, and body

Question 15

Where do Anoplura ly eggs?

Answer 15

glues eggs to shaft

Question 16

What are nits?

Answer 16

Lice eggs glued to hair

Question 17

What kind of wings do lice have?

Answer 17

secondarily wingless

Question 18

What is unique about lice eggs?

Answer 18

they are microscopic

Question 19

How many molting stages do lice go through?

Answer 19

3

Question 20

How fast do lice eggs mature to adults?

Answer 20

extremely quickly

Question 21

Where do head lice go after feeding?

Answer 21

remains on body when not feeding

Question 22

Where do body lice go after feeding?

Answer 22

leaves body

Question 23

Where are lice eggs laid? (2)

Answer 23

hair
clothing and bedding- allows easy contact to host

Question 24

Where are crab/pubic lice found?

Answer 24

course body hairs

Question 25

What kind of wings do Hemiptera possess?

Answer 25

Hemelytron- modified front wings that are partially membrenous

Question 26

What kind of mouth parts does Hemiptera have?

Answer 26

piercing and sucking mouthparts

Question 27

What kind of feeding habits do Hempitera have? (3)

Answer 27

phytophagous (plant juice)

predator

parasitic- bed bugs and kissing bugs

Question 28

Where are Hemiptera found? (2)

Answer 28

various habitat

most are aquatic

Question 29

What are the 5 bizarre Hemiptera that are hard to be classified?

Answer 29

Aphids

leafhoppers

scales

whiteflies

psyllids

Question 30

What feeding habits do bizarre Hemiptera have?

Answer 30

phytophagous

Question 31

What kind of wings do Hemiptera have?

Answer 31

similar front and hind wings

Question 32

What kind of reproduction system do Aphids have?

Answer 32

parthenogenic

Question 33

How do Aphids act as pests?

Answer 33

builds population very quickly

Question 34

What are cornicles, and what do they produce?

Answer 34

tubes at then end of aphid abdomen

secretes the honeydew

Question 35

What is honeydew?

Answer 35

sugary substance secreted by aphids

Question 36

How do Aphids have symbiosis with ants?

Answer 36

Ants farm Aphid’s honeydew and protects in return

Question 37

What are scales?

Answer 37

Insects with waxy secretion

Question 38

What are whiteflies?

Answer 38

greenhouse pests