Moscow Natives
what the function
orders
insect products
Bugs of horror movies
100
This insect is known for getting into peoples houses and windows in the fall.
Western Conifer Seed Bug
100
Earwigs have large forcep like cerci on the ends of their abdomens for what purpose
Mating
100
Order of insects that includes butterflies and moths
Lepidoptera
100
This product is good on toast and in tea. Poohs favorite.
Honey
100
Name of the character from The Nightmare Before Christmas that is made from insects and a burlap bag.
Oogie Boogie
200
What is Idahos state insect
Monarch butterfly
200
What do legs like these allow for?
Digging
200
The largest order of insects (by number of species)
Coleoptera
200
Caterpillars were domesticated to produce this in anchient China. Revealing the products source was punished by death.
Silk
200
In the movie jurassic park in the scene where they extra Dinosuar blood from a mosquito in amber they didnt use an actual mosquito. Instead they used a _______ with a mosquitos proboscus glued to it.
Crane fly
300
This insect was once thought to have gone extinct until one was found in a walmart and since has been found in other places such as moscow idaho.
Giant Lacewing
300
Flies lack hind wings. Instead they have modified hind wings called what?
Halteres.
300
The order Mantodea includes what kinds of insects?
Praying mantisis
300
The cochineal bug is used to create pigments for things like make up and food dye. What color is the pigment?
Red
300
This horror movie features the death head moth. The killer Buffalo Bill places a chrysalis in the mouth of his victims.
The Silence of the Lambs
400
Every fall in the palouse millions of these insects immerge to feed on trees and mate. They fly around and are everywhere but are only an annoyance to people.
Wooly Alder Aphid
400
What are ocelli used for?
Light/dark receptors
400
This order of insects includes flies. It means "two winged"
Diptera
400
This insect produces luciferin a bioluminescent chemical used in detecting cancer cells.
Fireflies / lightning bugs
400
This movie in named after the insect that a man starts to slowly turn into after a failed teleportation experiment resulting in a gross human insect hybrid monster.
The Fly
500
John Merton Aldrich, our clubs founder, studied and named roughly 67 different tax of what kind of insect here in the palouse
Flies
500
All female bees and wasps of stingers. What organ did these stingers evolve from?
Ovipositors
500
This order translates to "membrane wing"
Hymenoptera
500
The Aldrich entomology club makes beetle elytra earings as a fundraiser. The beetle elytra are a byproduct of what industry?
The Thai food industry.
500
This horror movie slasher villan has a hook for a hand, decaying flesh, and body filled with bees. To summon him you have to look in the mirror and say his name five times.
Candyman from the movie Candyman