Law and Orders
The order that includes butterflies, moths, and skippers
What is Lepidoptera
Arthropods containing two pairs of legs on many individual body segments
What are millipedes
The insect responsible for most human deaths around the world
What are mosquitoes
The famous, British rock band that was cleverly named after an insect order
Who are the Beatles
Insects that emerged from the ground this summer for the first time in more than a decade!
What are 17-year cicadas
The order that includes ants, bees, and wasps
What is Hymenoptera
The body part that is the site for wing attachment
What is the thorax
The insects from Asia that have recently been introduced into the United States that decapitate honey bees
What are Asian giant hornets
The type of insect of the main character of "A Bug's Life"
What is an ant
Large lepidopterans (family Saturniidae) that have lime-green colored wings and long wing tails
What are luna moths
The order that includes true bugs
What is Hemiptera
The organ consisting mostly of chitin that protects the insect from desiccation and physical attacks
What is the exoskeleton
The type of reproduction in which a male bed bug pierces a female's abdomen
What is traumatic insemination
The type of insect of the character who famously sang "When You Wish Upon a Star" in Pinocchio
What is a cricket
Bugs known for their piercings mouthparts that suck out the innards of their prey
What are assassin bugs
The order that contains scorpion flies
What is Mecoptera
The organ that works to pump blood throughout the insect
What is the dorsal vessel
The flying insect with the most painful sting in the world
What is the tarantula hawk
DAILY DOUBLE
The popular comic depicting many humorous entomology (and natural history) jokes
What is The Far Side
Lepidopterans that are brightly colored and patterned to mimic monarch butterflies
What are viceroy butterflies
The order that contains lice
What is Phtiraptera
What is the ovipositor
The species of bacteria that produces lethal toxins when ingested by insects
What is Bacillus thuringiensis
The insects that the famous Alien (directed by Ridley Scott), and later Aliens (directed by James Cameron), were based on
What are parasitoid wasps
The beetle that has been plaguing ash trees in Ohio for the last decade
What is the emerald ash borer