Flash to the past
External anatomy
Fly misnomers
Insect Orders
Insects in the News!
100

The period insects originated.

What is the Silurian period?

100

This is a forewing that is completlely hardened.

What is an elytra?

100

This "fly," named after a dairy product, is considered by many to be very pretty

What is the butterfly 

100

The most diverse insect order 

What is Coleoptera 

100

These type of butterflies were talked about in Mikayla's presentation.

Delias

200

In the Triassic period this insect was the only representative of Hymenoptera.

What is the horntail wasp?

200

This structure is for reproduction and is sometimes modified as a stinger.

What is an ovipositor?

200

This "fly" is related to beetles and not to true flies. They tend to capture our attention in the summer 

What is a firefly 

200

Insect order characterized by scales on the wings 

What is Lepidoptera 

200

This gender of mosquitos was killed off in the experiment.

What is the male gender?
300

Daily double: The period where amber preserved insects were common.

What is the Cretaceous period?

300

The club shaped hindwings seen in Diptera.

What are halteres?
300

This "fly"  also has aquatic nymphs, but the naiads have ballast made of sediment and other materials 

What is a caddisfly 

300

Common parasitic pest order with a laterally flat body.

What is Siphonaptera 

300

Eva's presentation was over this specific dragonfly.

What is the Scarlet Dwarf?

400

During the Carboniferous period these 2 orders were gigantic.

What is Ephemeroptera (mayflies) and Odonata (dragonflies)?

400

This sensory structure is located on the frons or vertex and can have a max number of 3.

What are ocelli?
400

This "fly" belongs in aquatic ecosystems when a nymph and mate en masse, and is the most primitive of the fly misnomers 

What is a mayfly 

400

Insect order characterized by hairs on the wings

What is Trichoptera 

400

The Latern fly is considered to be this type of pest.

What is an invasive pest?

500

The oldest known insect.

What is Rhyniella praecursor?

500

This is part of the antennae that is furthest from the head/at the tip (longest section).

What is flagellum?

500

This "fly" could join a carpentry group using the tool in their name

What is a sawfly 

500

Insect order characterized by a boxy thorax and partially wrapped wings around the abdomen 

What is Plecoptera 

500

The location of the bone collector caterpillar was from this place.

What is the Hawaii Island of Oahu?

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