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1
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What period did zygentoma appear?

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Late silurian or early devonian

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What feature do zygentoma have on their tails?

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3 long caudal filaments

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3
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What feature fo Firebrats have?

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Tolerance to heat

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When did orthoptera evolve?

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Late carboniferous

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What type of metamorphosis do orthoptera go through?

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Incomplete metamorphosis

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What is density dependent phase polyphenism?

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When the population reaches a certain amount, the phenotype of the grasshoppper changes

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In the family acrididae what are the swarming phase called?

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Locusts

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What is acridophobia?

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Phobia of locusts/grasshoppers

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When did phasmids appear?

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carboniferous

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What kind of metamorphosis do phasmatodea go through?

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Incomplete metamorphosis

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11
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Why did leaf insects occur after stick insects?

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The angiosperm radiation led to new plants, and them phasmids evolved mimicry

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What is an example of a family within the phasmids that can mimic leaves?

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Phylliidae

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13
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When did blattodea appear?

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Permian

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What kind of system do termites have and who is involved in it?

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They are eusocial, they have a caste system with a king and 1 or more queens, and numerous sterile workers and soldiers

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15
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Why do sexually mature termites have wings?

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To disperse and establish new colonies

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16
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Are cockroaches colonial?

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No but they have a tendency to aggregate

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17
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what similarities do cockroaches and termites have?

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social behaviours, trail following, kin recognition and methods of communication

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when did odonata appear?

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early triassic

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19
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All odonata have aquatic larvae called _______?

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nymphs

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20
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What diet do odonata have?

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Carnivorous and insectivorous

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21
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What is a suborder of dragonflies?

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Epiprocta

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22
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What is a suborder of damselflies?

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Zygoptera

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23
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What order do entomologists reserve the word “bug” for?

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Hemiptera

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24
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What mouthparts do hemiptera have?

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piercing-sucking mouthparts

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What kind of metamorphosis do hemipterans go through?

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Incomplete metamophosis

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26
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How do aphids reproduce

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parthenogenesis

27
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What are examples of beetles in coleoptera?

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Dung beetles, june beetles, rhinocerous beetles, hercules, asian ladybeetle

28
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What is the modified hardened forewings in beetles called?

A

Elytra

29
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How much of the abdomen does the elytra usually cover

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The entire body

30
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What are examples of beetles that vary from normal? How?

A

Blister beetles are soft bodied, rove beetles have a short elytra

31
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When did coleoptera appear?

A

Early triassic

32
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When did hymenoptera appear?

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early triassic

33
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What kind of clade are bees?

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Monophyletic

34
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What superfamily are bees in?

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Apoidea

35
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What clade are bees presently apart of?

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Anthophila

36
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Are bees social or solitary

A

some are social but most are solitary

37
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What suborder are wasps in?

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Apocrita

38
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Are wasps monophyletic or paraphyletic?

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Paraphyletic

39
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What clade of wasps can sting?

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Aculeata

40
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How did the stinger evolve?

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Modification of the ovipositor

41
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What family are paper wasps a part of?

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Vespidae

42
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When did wasps appear?

A

Jurassic

43
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Ants are eusocial insects of the family ______?

A

formicidae

44
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Ants appeared during what period?

A

cretaceous

45
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What are worker ants called?

A

ergates

46
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soldier ants are called?

A

dinergates

47
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what are fertile make ants called?

A

drones

48
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what are fertile females called

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queens/gynes

49
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What is a large colony called?

A

Superorganism

50
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When did lepidoptera appear?

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Early triassic

51
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What characterizes lepidoptera?

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The presence of scales that cover the bodies, wings and a proboscis

52
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What kind of metamorphosis does lepidoptera go through?

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Complete metamophosis

53
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Why do some caterpillars have hairy outgrowths

A

defense mechanism for not being eaten

54
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What is the middle segment of the thorax called?

A

mesothorax

55
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What is the posterior thoracic segment called?

A

metathorax

56
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What are the reduced hind wings on a fly called?

A

halteres

57
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What mouthparts do flies and mosquitos have?

A

piercing and sucking/ lapping and sucking

58
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What are maggots?

A

Larvae of the higher fly groups

59
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When did diptera appear?

A

Early triassic

60
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What are the 3R’s

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Replacement, reduction, refinement

61
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What does replacement mean?

A

substitute animals with non living models and material

62
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what does reduction mean?

A

reduce the number of animals used

63
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what does refinement mean?

A

use practices that avoid or minimize the suffering of the animals which still need to be used

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