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Holometabolous Insects 2 Flashcards

1
Q

What is a brood?

A

immature stages of Hymenoptera

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2
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What is a grub?

A

immature stages of Coleoptera

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3
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What mouthparts do immature Hymenoptera have?

A

chewing

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4
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What mouthparts do adult Hymenoptera have?

A

chewing and lapping

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5
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What diet do some immature Hymenoptera have?

A

some are carnivorous

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6
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What are examples of beneficial Hymenoptera?

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bees and parasitoid wasps

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7
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How did diversity develop in Hymenoptera?

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by coevolving with flowers and host insects

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8
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What kind of eggs produces male Hymenoptera?

A

haploid unfertilized eggs

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9
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What kind of eggs produces female Hymenoptera?

A

diploid fertilized eggs

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10
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What is the scientific name of little fire ants?

A

Wasmania auropunctata

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11
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How do life stages differ in some Hymenoptera?

A

Diet fet to the immature can produce different adults, from males, females, and reproductive females

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12
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What is the scientific name of European honey bees?

A

Apis melifera

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13
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Who lays the eggs in european honey bees?

A

queen

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14
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Which type of bee reaches adulthood first?

A

Queens, the workers, then drones

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15
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What do queen northern giant hornet do during winter?

A

overwinter, similar to hibernation

emerge after winter

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16
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What do northern giant hornets do after winter?

A

forms a colony and forages

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17
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when do northern giant hornets reproduce?

A

fall

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18
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What is the major strategy of parasitoid wasps?

A

parasitism

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19
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How do parasitoid wasp species differ?

A

they differ by which life stage it parasitizes

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20
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Why are parasitoid wasps important?

A

they act as biological control organisms

controls agricultural pests

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21
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What do parasitoid wasps possess?

A

long, sharp ovipositors

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22
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how do parasitoid wasps lay eggs? (3)

A

they oviposit egg in host

injects a virus to prevent the host immune system from attacking the egg

egg hatches and feeds on host

23
Q

What do parasitoid wasps lack?

A

venom glands

24
Q

what is the scientific name of the blue-eyed ensign wasp?

A

Evania appendigaster

25
Q

What is the blue-eyed ensign wasp, and what does it hunt?

A

a beneficial wasp common on Guam

hunts cockroaches

26
Q

What does Neuroptera include?

A

lacewings

27
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What are the characteristics of Neuroptera larvae?

A

slender and humpback larvae

28
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What characteristics do Neuroptera adults have?

A

venous wings

29
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Why are Neuroptera important?

A

they act as biological control agents

30
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What mouthparts do adults and immature Neuroptera have?

A

chewing

31
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How do lacewings lay eggs?

A

on stalks

32
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What do Neuroptera larvae feed on?

A

Voracious predators feeding on pests like aphids

33
Q

What are antlions also known as?

A

doodlebugs

34
Q

What do antlion larvae feed on?

A

ants

35
Q

how long do antlion stay in its larval stage?

A

3 years

36
Q

how do antlion larvae feed?

A

by injecting digestive enzymes into prey

37
Q

What are adult antlions mistaken as?

A

dragonflies

38
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How do adult antlions and dragonflies differ?

A

dragonflies never folds its wings

39
Q

what do adult antlions feed on?

A

pollen and nectar

40
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what is the wingspan of adult antlions?

A

2-15 cm

41
Q

what kind of antennae do adult antlions have?

A

clubbed antennae

42
Q

what insect is included in Siphonaptera?

A

fleas

43
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What mouthparts does immature Siphonaptera have, and what does it feed on?

A

chewing mouthpart

feeds on nests of animals

44
Q

What mouthparts does mature Siphonaptera have, and what does it feed on?

A

piercing and sucking mouthpart

blood

45
Q

Do adult Siphonaptera have wings?

A

no

46
Q

how do Siphonaptera species differ?

A

they are host-specific

47
Q

Why are Siphonaptera harmful?

A

they are serious pests

48
Q

What is unique about the fleas’ lifestyle? (2)

A

The majority of its life cycle is spent in the environment or in a host

Only a short part is spent on the host

49
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How do fleas and tapeworms coexist? (3)

A

Adult flea with cysticercoid(egg casing of tapeworms) is ingested

Eggs hatch within the host

Egg casing is secreted, and consumed by flea larvae

50
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What do flea larvae feed on?

A

debris

51
Q

What is unique about flea pupa?

A

they can remain inactive for years

52
Q

How was the bubonic plauge vectored?

A

fleas fed on rats, and proceeded to feed on humans

53
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What are chigo fleas?

A

fleas that can live within humans

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