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Test before the last test Flashcards

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Pair-wise coevolution

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Evolution caused by interactions between two specific species

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Guild coevolution

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Evolution caused by interactions of a group of species

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Plant mining vs boring

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Insects that feed on plants either shallow (mining) or deep (boring)

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4
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What insects do leaf mining?

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Beetles and flies

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5
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What insects are fruit boring?

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Beetles and weeviles

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6
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What orders are sap sucking?

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Hemiptera
Thysanoptera

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7
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What orders cause insect galls?

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Diptera (most common)
Hymenoptera
Thysanoptera
Coleoptera

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8
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What is Domatia

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Structures developed by plants for insects to use

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What is Phytotelmata?

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10
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What is EIL?

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Economic Injury Level, a formula to calculate the expense of controlling insect pests

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What is ET?

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Economic threshold, the point where interventions must be made

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12
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What are the types of insecticides?

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Inorganics
Botanicals
Syntheic
Growth Regulators
Microbials

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13
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What are the stages of death?

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Initial Decay (0-4)
Putrefaction (4-10)
Black Putrefaction (10-20)
Butyric Fermentation (20-50)
Dry Decay (50 days)

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What two insects are most commonly used in forensics?

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Flies
Beetles

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15
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Archeognatha example and characteristics

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Bristletails, wingless archaic structure with thinner bodies

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Zygentoma example and characteristics

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Silverfish, wingless archaic structure with larger abdomen

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Ephemeroptera example and characteristics

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Mayfly, aquatic insects that possess vestigial mouthparts as adults

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Odonata example and characteristics

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Dragonfly, locked wings with long tails and large eyes

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Plecoptera example and characteristics

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20
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Dermaptera example and characteristics

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21
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Orthoptera example and characteristics

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22
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Phasmatodea example and characteristics

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23
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Mantodea example and characteristics

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24
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Blattodea example and characteristics

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25
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Psocodea example and characteristics

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26
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Hemiptera example and characteristics

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27
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Neuroptera example and characteristics

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28
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Megaloptera example and characteristics

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29
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Coleoptera example and characteristics

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30
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Mecoptera example and characteristics

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31
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Diptera example and characteristics

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32
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Siphonoptera example and characteristics

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33
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Trichoptera example and characteristics

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34
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Lepidoptera example and characteristics

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Moth, scaled “powerderd” wings

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Hymenoptera example and characteristics

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Wasps, small abdomens and four wings connecte dby hooks

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