Important stuff Flashcards
what information can we get from insects off transportation vehicles
- they represent a record of the travel route of the vehicle because they burst on impact
- can show if they were parked under trees (honey dew falls and insects get stuck in it)
are there aquatic specialist insects
no, just opportunists
what will we find with carcasses in riffle zones (water)
high proportion of scrapers and predators than surrounding region
what will we find with carcasses in pool zones (water)
more collector-gatherers and shredders
are there city and rural insects
yes
should you use cyanide as a killing agent
no
adults should be stored in what
75-80% ethanol or ethyl alcohol
labels for insects should be done how
- in pencil in the bottle
true/false pinning is needed for identification of collections from corpses
- false
- only done for reference collections
when and how should maggots be killed
- on site
- boil water and drop in for a few seconds
true/false we should always shade thermometer from sunlight when taking temperatures
true
how do sticky traps work
- place them 3 feet/ 1m away from body
- label them and place in containers to bring to lab
- at lab flies are removed and washed w thinner and placed in ethanol
what is the best colour of net
white (lit says dark green but they lie)
how many maggots should you take from a body
- 20-100 of the largest ones to preserve
- a second collection to rear
what is a berlese funnel
- a light bulb held over soil
- they wanna get away from the light so they go down the funnel bt then die in the collecting jar
why do we pin this will be a question
to collect and preserve a specimen without altering data
how do we pin
- pin through thorax
- or white glue/clear nail polish to attach to side of pins
what should go on the labels for a pinned specimen
- your name
- place
- date
- identification
- ecological info
what are the diff pupal stages
- pre pupal
- pupal
- pre emergence
mites are in what class and subclass
- class: arachnida
- subclass: acari
larval mites have how many legs
6
nympths and adult mites have how many legs
8
how many types of mites are there
- 2
- designated by body shape
what are the nymph mite stages
- protonymph
- deutonymph
- sometimes have a third tritonymph