What happens to the exoskeleton when it becomes to small?
a. the insect stretches it
b. the insect molts it
c. the insect mimics it
B. the insect molts it
Which flies and feeds at night?
Moth
Which social insect are decomposers that help forests?
Ants, bees, or termites?
Termites
How do ants communicate with each other?
They touch their antennae together
Adult butterflies and moths both have what kind of mouthpart?
Siphoning
What insect organ gathers information from the insect's surroundings?
a. sensory organ
b. exoskeleton
c. thorax
A. Sensory organ
Which pupa covering is a cacoon?
Moth
Which social insect communicates by using vibrations?
Ants, bees, or termites?
Termites
What two type of eyes can an insect have?
Compound and simple
Is the mouthpart an internal or external structure of an insect?
External
An arthropod digests food in the thorax. True or false?
False
Which has thick and feathery antennae?
Moths
Which social insects communicate by touching their antennae together?
Ants, bees, or termites?
Ants
What stage does complete metamorphosis have that incomplete metamorphosis doesn't?
a. egg and adult
b. larva and pupa
c. larva and nymph
B. larva and pupa
What is the small tube in an insect's head that is used to suck liquid called?
Proboscis
What part of the insect makes it harder for predators to eat it?
Its exoskeleton
Which has wings pressed together and up over its back?
Butterflies
What kind of ants gather food to feed the larvae?
Worker ants
What structure helps the insect move around?
Thorax
What does a fly do so it can sponge-dry spilled sugar?
It spits on it to make it soft
What is it called when a harmless insect looks like a harmful insect?
Mimicry
Which has compound eyes?
Both
Which ants protect their colony?
Soldier ants
What stages are the same between complete and incomplete metamorphosis?
Egg and adult
What are the four insect mouthparts?
Chewing, piercing-sucking, siphoning, and sponging