Insect/Plant Anatomy
Number of legs an insect has.
What is 6?
These are the only plants that Monarch caterpillars can eat to survive.
What is Milkweed (Asclepias)?
This term describes complete metamorphosis, which includes a pupal stage.
What is Holometabolous?
This highest level of sociality features a queen, worker castes, and overlapping generations.
What is Eusocial?
This term describes the total number of unique species found in a specific location
What is Species Richness?
THe three main body parts of an insect
What are head, thorax, and abdomen?
To survive the winter, Monarchs from the eastern US perform a massive migration to this country.
What is Mexico?
In "Hemimetabolous" development, the young insects (which look like small adults) are called this
What are Nymphs?
This type of insect's larvae live on or in and eventually kill a host organism.
What is a Parasitoid?
This "washing" term describes marketing that claims to help bees but ignores native species diversity.
What is Bee washing?
Most solitary bees lack a basket and instead use this brush of branched hairs to carry pollen
What is a scopa?
This is the common name for the family Cerambycidae, known for having antennae longer than their bodies.
What are Longhorned Beetles?
To survive winter, many insects enter this state of suspended development or "hibernation."
What is Diapause?
These "cuckoo" bees don't build nests; they sneak into other nests to steal food and space for their young.
What are Kleptoparasites?
This phenomenon is named after the observation that fewer insects are being found on car bumpers and windshields than in decades past, indicating insect decline.
What is the Windshield Phenomenon?
These three simple eyes on top of an insect's head are used to sense light intensity rather than clear images.
What are Ocelli?
How many species of bees are in the US.
What is 4,000?
This is the act of a fully formed adult insect finally emerging from its pupal case.
What is Eclosion?
Bright warning colors signaling that an insect is toxic or tastes bad are known as this.
What is Aposematic coloration?
This effect explains why a bee exposed to pesticides as a larva might have health issues later as an adult.
What is a Carryover Effect?
It is the specific part of the plant’s stamen where pollen is actually produced and held.
What is the Anther?
What is the only pollinator that “intentionally” transfers pollen from one flower to another
What is the yucca moth?
This is the specific name for the developmental stage an insect is in between two molts.
What is an Instar?
Two dangerous species evolving to look similar to each other reinforce predator avoidance.
What is Mullerian Mimicry?
This class of insecticide, which includes Imidacloprid, was used in the Stuligross and Williams (2021) study.
What are Neonicotinoids?