Insects 3 Flashcards
What is the Latin binomial for chinch bugs?
Blissus leucopterus hirtus
What is the Latin binomial for Jap beetle?
Popillia japonica
What is plant phenology?
The study of periodic plant and animal life cycle events and how these are influenced by seasonal and interannual variations in climate, as well as habitat factors
Describe the 3 types of insect metamorphosis?
- Ametabolous
- wingless as adults
- no variation except size
- Hemimetabolous
- nymphs are aquatic and have gills
- nymphs very different from adult
- Paurometabolous
- “gradual” metamorphosis
- nymphs and adults live in same habitat
- Holometabolous
- Complete Metamorphosis
Define Economic Threshold:
How much are you willing to spend before damage gets too out of hand
What are the names for the top, bottom, and side of an insect?
- Top - Dorsal
- Bottom - Ventral
- Side - Lateral
Which beetle larval instar is the most damaging?
the 3rd Instar
What is a callow adult?
An Immature adult
What is Frass?
Shit
What type of feeding causes stippling?
Piercing/Sucking
Define Hibernacula.
List the taxonomic sequence for all living things
- Kingdom
- Phylum
- Class
- Order
- Family
- Genus
- Species
define Diopause:
a suspension of development
or
A dormant state
Define hemolymph.
Insect “blood”
What is BT?
bacillus thuringiensis
How can you monitor for chinch bugs?
Disclosing Solution with Ratings Grid
describe the 1st instar of a chinch bug.
Oreange-Red with a cream colored stripe
List three insects with bivoltine life cycles.
- ABW
- Armyworm
- Cutworm
Describe an adult Japanese beetle.
- 1/2 inch long
- metallic green with copper wing covers
Name a biological control for moth larvae in turf.
Entomopathogenic Nematodes
Describe cutworm damage on golf greens.
- Skeletonize leaves and chew on stems
- leave round holes in the green
What grass do cutworms avoid eating?
