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Insects 3 Flashcards

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What is the Latin binomial for chinch bugs?

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Blissus leucopterus hirtus

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What is the Latin binomial for Jap beetle?

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Popillia japonica

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What is plant phenology?

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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

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Describe the 3 types of insect metamorphosis?

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  • 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
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Define Economic Threshold:

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How much are you willing to spend before damage gets too out of hand

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What are the names for the top, bottom, and side of an insect?

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  • Top - Dorsal
  • Bottom - Ventral
  • Side - Lateral
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Which beetle larval instar is the most damaging?

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the 3rd Instar

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What is a callow adult?

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An Immature adult

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What is Frass?

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Shit

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What type of feeding causes stippling?

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Piercing/Sucking

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Define Hibernacula.

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List the taxonomic sequence for all living things

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  • Kingdom
  • Phylum
  • Class
  • Order
  • Family
  • Genus
  • Species
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define Diopause:

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a suspension of development

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A dormant state

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Define hemolymph.

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Insect “blood”

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What is BT?

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bacillus thuringiensis

17
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How can you monitor for chinch bugs?

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Disclosing Solution with Ratings Grid

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describe the 1st instar of a chinch bug.

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Oreange-Red with a cream colored stripe

19
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List three insects with bivoltine life cycles.

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  • ABW
  • Armyworm
  • Cutworm
20
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Describe an adult Japanese beetle.

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  • 1/2 inch long
  • metallic green with copper wing covers
21
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Name a biological control for moth larvae in turf.

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Entomopathogenic Nematodes

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Describe cutworm damage on golf greens.

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  • Skeletonize leaves and chew on stems
  • leave round holes in the green
23
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What grass do cutworms avoid eating?

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Turf Insects FINAL (4 decks)

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