presentations

Question 1

Sphinx Moth eggs

Answer 1

-foliage
- Hatch in 6-9 days

Question 2

sphinx moth adult

Answer 2

-emerge after 2 wk cocoon
-Crepuscular: forage from dusk to dawn

Question 3

Dragonfly

Answer 3

-some of the first insects to evolve 300 million yrs ago (2 ft wingspan)
- eat 30-100 mosquitos daily
-INCOMPLETE metamorphosis

Question 4

Dragonfly eggs

Answer 4

-water
-internal fertilization
-1-5 weeks to hatch

Question 5

Dragonfly larva

Answer 5

-longest part of life cycle: 2 yrs underwater
-several molts

Question 6

Dragonfly adult

Answer 6

-larva moves to edge of water to “learn” how to breathe air
-Molts out of old shell into adult
-lives up to a year

Question 7

dagger moth

Answer 7

-3 yrs
-don’t like mint plants
-can be parasitic: oak trees

Question 8

Dagger moth eggs

Answer 8

-shortest stage
- 10 days to hatch
- Oak
-only 1 set of eggs per moth ever

Question 9

Dagger Moth Caterpillar

Answer 9

-yellow hairs; black sharp long
-chew off leaves
-1 month

Question 10

Dagger moth pupa

Answer 10

-2 months
-brown
-bury into stems, buildings to pupate
-late spring

Question 11

Dagger moth adult

Answer 11

-die either laying eggs or mating
-named due to design on wings

Question 12

Cicada (Hemiptera)

Answer 12

INCOMPLETE: eggs, 5 instars

Question 13

Cicada eggs

Answer 13

-200-400 eggs in slits in branches

Question 14

Cicada Nymphs (egg)(4)(5th is adult)

Answer 14

-suck plants
-white and resemble termites
-underground 13-17 yrs before emerging

Question 15

cicada adult

Answer 15

-Don’t sting or bite

Question 16

Praying Mantis

Answer 16

-largest insect family
-Males: brown
-Females: green
-INCOMPLETE metamorphosis

Question 17

Ootheca

Answer 17

Praying Mantis egg capsule laid in fall –> hatch in spring

Question 18

Praying Mantis eggs

Answer 18

-200 per Ootheca

Question 19

Hercules Beetle

Answer 19

-Central america –> NY
-One of the largest flying insects in the world
-MALES: 7 in
-FEMALES: 2 in

Question 20

Hercules Beetle adult

Answer 20

-total life span can be 2 years
-FEMALES= no horns

Question 21

House Cricket

Answer 21

-introduced to US as feeder pets
-males rub front wings together to make chirps

Question 22

House Cricket Egg (both environments like holes)

Answer 22

holes

Question 23

House Cricket Nymph

Answer 23

• 8-10 molts to get to adulthood

Question 24

House Cricket Adult

Answer 24

-thread-like antenna; longer than body

Question 25

House Cricket Death

Answer 25

cold

Question 26

Flea

Answer 26

-flightless
-parasitic

Question 27

Flea Egg

Answer 27

• grain of salt
• Shell chorion
• 1-10 to hatch

Question 28

chorion

Answer 28

flea egg shell
oval shape

Question 29

Flea Pupa

Answer 29

-same size as adults
- silk cocoon

Question 30

Flea Adult

Answer 30

• 100 days

Question 31

Crane Fly

Answer 31

-diptera

Question 32

Crane Fly larva

Answer 32

• “Leather jackets” due to tough skin
• decomposer
• grey-green

Question 33

Crane Fly adult

Answer 33

• 1-3 days

Question 34

Bald Faced Hornet

Answer 34

largest nests

Question 35

Bald Faced Hornet Larva

Answer 35

• feed on proteins

Question 36

Bald Faced Hornet Pupa

Answer 36

-silk drawn cocoon