Insect Ecology

Question 1

Study of the relationships of insects with their environment

Answer 1

Insect ecology

Question 2

Feeding on only one food/host species

Answer 2

Monophagous/monophagy

Question 3

Feeding on many unrelated foods/hosts

Answer 3

Polyphagous

Question 4

Feeds on plants

Answer 4

Phytophagous

Question 5

Feeds on animals

Answer 5

Zoophagous

Question 6

Feeds on insects

Answer 6

Entomophagous

Question 7

Feeds on dead organic matter

Answer 7

Scavenger/decomposer

Question 8

Feeds on plant and animal matter

Answer 8

Omnivorous

Question 9

The act of killing and feeding on another organism

Answer 9

Predation

Question 10

Organisms being killed by predators

Answer 10

Prey

Question 11

The act of one organism obtaining nourishment or favor from another

Answer 11

Parasitism

Question 12

Parasites get nutrition from

Answer 12

Hosts

Question 13

Where is the idea of a ‘pest’ based from

Answer 13

Human interedt

Question 14

2 examples of scavengers

Answer 14

Cockraoches, flies

Question 15

2 examples of structursl insect pests

Answer 15

Wood-feeding termites

Powderpost beetles

Question 16

Structural insect pests feed on

Answer 16

Wood and other cellulosic materials

Question 17

Predator or parasites who eat insect pests are (3)

Answer 17

Beneficial insects, biological control agents, natural enemies

Question 18

Name of parasite that specificaly denotes an insect

Answer 18

Parasitoid

Question 19

Egg-laying

Answer 19

Oviposition

Question 20

Giving birth to live youngs

Answer 20

Larviposition

Question 21

Is goerned by requirements and other needs of the insects, mostly where food abounds

Answer 21

Nesting behavior

Question 22

2 types of mimicry (defense)

Answer 22

Batesian, mullerian

Question 23

Type of mimicry whn a harmless insect copies a harmful species for protection

Answer 23

Batesian mimicry

Question 24

Type of mimicry when a harmful insect copies another harmful species

Answer 24

Mullerian mimicry

Question 25

Include gift-giving habit, sex pheromone, seasons, etc.

Answer 25

Courtship & mating behavior

Question 26

Through use of sound, light, physical contact, etc.

Answer 26

Communicaton

Question 27

Social behavior of social insects (in a colony: queen, king/drone, workers, soldiers)

Answer 27

Caste system

Question 28

Feeding habits influence this through visual, chemical, and tactile cues

Answer 28

Host selection

Question 29

Symbiotic relationship where both species are benefited Eg. Ants get honeydew from aphids and other hemipteran-homopteran insects And ants protect them from predators & parasitoids

Answer 29

Mutualism

Question 30

Insects kill and feed on other insects as prey, predator is benefited, prey is adversely affected

Answer 30

Predation

Question 31

One species gets nourishment from another insect, which will be negatively affected, but not killed

Answer 31

Parasitism

Question 32

Two insect species negatively affected as they both want the same limited resource

Answer 32

Competition

Question 33

One species is positively affected or benefited, the other is not affected at all

Answer 33

Commensalism

Question 34

One is negatively affected while the other is not affected at all

Answer 34

Amensalism