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Holometabolous Insencts Flashcards

1
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What six orders undergo complete metamorphosis?

A

Coleoptera- beetles

Lepidoptera- butterflies and moths

Diptera- flies and mosquitos

Hymenoptera- bees, bumblebees, ants, wasps, and hornets

Neuroptera- net-winged

Siphonaptera- fleas

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2
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What is the most diverse and largest insect order?

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Coleoptera

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3
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What are characteristics of Coleoptera? (4)

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Possession of elutra- hardened-forewings

mouth-chewing parts

larval and pual stages found in organic matter, decaying material, and wood

serves as pests and beneficial insects

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4
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What are varying factors in Coleoptera? (4)

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Egg laying

molts

durations of metamorphosis

feeding habits

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5
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Egg stage duration fo rhibo beetles

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8-12 days

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6
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1st instar grub duration of rhino beetles

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10-21 days

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7
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2nd instar grub duration of rhino beetles

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12-21 days

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8
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3rd instar grubs duration of rhino beetles

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60-165 days

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9
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pupal duration of rhino beetles

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17-30 days

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10
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adult duration of rhino beetles

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5-10 months

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11
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scientific name of rhino beetles

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Orcytes rhinoceros

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12
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Why are rhino beetles so successful? (4)

A

Long instar stages

Live in the soil, preventing exposure to predators

Potting soil allows quick transport

Green waste serves as a breeding ground and as a reservoir for all stages

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13
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What stage do rhino beetles do damage?

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Adults

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14
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What is beneficial of rhino beetle larvae?

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They make great compost

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15
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What is frass, and what is it produced by?

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insect waste material found on trees

Produced by adult insects that chew on wood

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16
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What tribe of mealybug destroyers have waxy secretions?

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Scymini females

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17
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What do mealybug destroy larvae eat?

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mealybugs and its eggs

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18
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Mealybug adult and egg length

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adults- 2 months and lays 200-400 eggs

eggs- hatch in 5 days

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19
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What are colorado potato beetles, and what do they feed on?

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pest

potatoes

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20
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Wgat are ladybird beetles, what do they eat, and what do they do during winter?

A

Biological control agent
Feeds on aphids
Congregate during winter

21
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what do weavils possess?

22
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What do carpet/ dermestid beetles feed on?

A

woolen and stored products

23
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What historical importance do dung rolling scarabs have?

A

once revered as a symbol of God

24
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What order are fireflies?

A

Coleoptera

25
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What do long-horned beetles feed on, and what is unique about its larvae?

A

logs

edible larvae

26
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What do lepidoptera possess, and what are its life stages? 5

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Immature have chewing mouthparts- feeds on fruits and leaves

Adults have siphoning parts- feeds on nectar

Eggs deposited under leaves

Larvae can be pests or aposematic

Pupae is called a chrysalis

27
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What is aposematic?

A

warning signals towards predators

28
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egg duration of monarch butterflies

29
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first instar duration of monarch butterflies

30
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second instar duration of monarch butterflies

31
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3rd instar duration of monarch butterflies

32
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fourth instar duration of monarch butterflies

33
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fifth instar duration of monarch butterflies

34
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pupae duration of monarch butterflies

35
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adults duration of monarch butterflies

A

14-35 days

36
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What is unique about clearwing moth?

A

Mimics yellowjacket

37
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what do corn earoworm moth larva feed on?

A

Larva feeds on corn and leaves frass

38
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what do codling moths feed on?

A

Pest of apples in Washington

39
Q

What do Diptera Possess? (5)

A

Immature have scraping mouthparts

Adults vary
Sponging, piercing and sucking, cutting and sponging

Has halteres- modified hindwings

True flies have two wings, with one pair being a haltere

Larvae is aquatic or in living tissue

40
Q

Where are the different stages of mosquito found?

A

Eggs are laid in a raft in water
Aquatic larva and pupae

41
Q

how do mosquito larvae feed?

A

filter feeders

42
Q

what disease can mosquitoes cause?

A

elephantiasis- nematode condition

43
Q

what is the most pestiferous insect?

A

Mediterranean fruit flies

44
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What do Mediterranean fruit flies do to lay eggs?

A

Uses its sting as an ovipositor to lay eggs under skin of fruits and vegetables

45
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What do Mediterranean fruit flies feed on?

A

fruits and vegetables by rasping using mouth-hooks

46
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where do Mediterranean fruit flies pupate?

47
Q

What are crane flies called, and what do the feed on?

A

Aka giant mosquitos
Feed on roots

48
Q

What do horse and deer flies eat, and with what?

A

Have cutting and chewing mouthparts
Females take blood meals

49
Q

what do cattle grubs feed on and what do they cause?

A

Causes myiasis (infection)
immature feeds on living flesh

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