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1
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What insects are in Order Blattaria?

A

Cockroaches and termites

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What kind of metamorphosis is the Order Blatteria?

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Incomplete Metamorphosis

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What is in the gut of termites that helps them digest wood?

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protozoa

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What is a caste system?

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Where there is a queen, soldier, worker. Hierarchy.

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What metamorphosis is Order Hemiptera?

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Incomplete metamorphosis

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In the Order Hemiptera, what do they feed on?

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Plant tissue and plant juice

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In the Order Hemiptera, Why are they considered pests?

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because they suck plant juices

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What insects are in the Order Hemiptera?

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True Bugs and Sucking Insects

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9
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What insects are the “True Bugs”?

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  • Milkweed Bugs
  • Harlequin Bug
  • Water Strider
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10
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What Orders are in this section?

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Blatteria, Hemiptera, Neuroptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Siphonaptera, Hymenoptera

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Describe the wings of the “true bug”

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Front wings of two textures: thick in front, and membrane-like in back

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12
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What is triangle shape where the wings cross each other ?

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Scutellum

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What insects are in the “Sucking insects”?

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Cicadas, spittle bug, aphids

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Describe the wings of the “Sucking Insects”

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Two pairs of wings held like a roof over their backs.

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Do all of Sucking Insects have wings? What about aphids?

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No, including aphids

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What metamorphosis is Order Neuroptera?

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Complete metamorphosis

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What Order has their wings membrane-like with many “veins.”?

A

Order Neuroptera

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18
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What insects are in the Order Neuroptera?

A

Green lacewing

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19
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What do green lacewings feed on?

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adults and larvae eat other insects

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What kind of metamorphosis is the Order Coleoptera?

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Complete metamorphosis

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What insects are in the Order Coleoptera?

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beetles, weevils, fireflies

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What are the wings like in the Order Coleoptera?

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Front wings are hard. Flying wings fold like a fan.

23
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What are the elytra?

A

the front wings are hardened

24
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Why is the Order Coleoptera considered the largest order?

A

it has the most species

25
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What is the correct name of a “lady bug”?

A

lady beetle

26
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Why are lady beetles not bugs?

A

because they are not true bugs

27
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What kind of metamorphosis is Order Lepidoptera?

A

complete metamorphosis

28
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What insects are in Order Lepidoptera?

A

butterlies, skippers, moths

29
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What covers the legs, body and wings of the Order Lepidoptera?

A

Chitinous scales

30
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Describe the mouthpart of the Order Lepidoptera

A

coiled tube adapted for feeding on flower nectar.

31
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What are the larvae of the Order Lepidoptera called?

A

caterpillars

32
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What kind of metamorphosis is the Order Diptera?

A

complete metamorphosis

33
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What insects are in the Order Diptera?

A

flies, mosquitos and gnats

34
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How many pair of wings do the insects in the Order Diptera have?

A

one pair

35
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In the Order Diptera, what are their larvae called?

A

wigglers

36
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Which species is a common disease vector?

A

mosquito

37
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What are halters?

A

where the 2nd pair of wings are reduced to structures

38
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What metamorphosis is Order Siphonaptera?

A

complete

39
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What insects are in the Order Siphonaptera?

A

fleas

40
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In the Order Siphonaptera do they have wings?

A

no

41
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Why do fleas have long hind legs?

A

for jumping

42
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Are fleas considered a disease vector?

A

yes

43
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what do fleas feed on?

A

blood

44
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What metamorphosis is the Order Hymenoptera?

A

complete

45
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What insects are in the Order Hymenoptera?

A

ants, bees, wasps

46
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Describe the wings in the Order Hymenoptera

A

2 pair of membranous wings and the hind wings are smaller

47
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Do all the species in the Order Hymenoptera have wings?

A

no

48
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In the Order Hymenoptera which sex has the stinger?

A

female

49
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Why is the Order Hymenoptera the most beneficial to humans?

A

because our food comes from flowers that have been pollinated

50
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Which insect makes honey?

A

bees

51
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what the difference between a honey bee and bumble bee and carpenter bee?

A

honey bees are smaller and less fuzzy

52
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how do bees make honey?

A

by drinking flower nectar then regurgitating it

53
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What is a velvet ant?

A

a wasp

54
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what is an oak galls?

A

when the tree branch swells up after being stung

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