Lesson 2 - Entomology

Question 1

Entomology

Answer 1

Study of insects

Question 2

exoskeleton

Answer 2

hard covering on the outside of and insects body

Question 3

antennae

Answer 3

usually found between the compound eyes

Question 4

pheromones

Answer 4

“scent” in the form of chemicals

Question 5

head

Answer 5

first segment of insects body

Question 6

What are the 3 segments of an insects body?

Answer 6

head, thorax and abdomen

Question 7

thorax

Answer 7

middle section of insects body

Question 8

Abdomen

Answer 8

last segment of the insects body

Question 9

What is interesting about an insect’s eye?

Answer 9

The are Compound Eyes - made up of many tiny lenses

Question 10

Plumose antennae

Answer 10

antennae with a feathery appearance

Question 11

pectinate antennae

Answer 11

look like a hair comb.

Question 12

moniliform antennae

Answer 12

look like a string of beads

Question 13

serrate segments

Answer 13

segments of antennae that look like a saw blade. Triangular in shape

Question 14

setaceous antennae

Answer 14

much like filiform antennae, but thicker near the head and thinner near the top.

Question 15

stylate antennae

Answer 15

antennae that taper down, becoming thinner and thinner until ending in a long thin point

Question 16

lamellate antennae

Answer 16

end in a tip that is like a flattened fan, like a stack of plates

Question 17

geniculate antennae

Answer 17

bent like a knee or elbow.

Question 18

flabellate antennae

Answer 18

look like folding paper fan or feathers

Question 19

aristate antennae

Answer 19

seem to have little pouches near the head with bristles poking out in both directions

Question 20

capitate antennae

Answer 20

have prominent knob at the tip

Question 21

filiform antennae

Answer 21

look like thin threads

Question 22

clavate antennae

Answer 22

have a knob at the end that forms gradually from the head to the end of the antennae