Bug Bodies
The primary sensory appendage of a bug
antenna/"feeler"
A marine arthropod often referred to as a living fossil
Horseshoe crab
The substance that all known spiders produce
Silk/Webs
What bugs are known to get "drunk" on fermented juices and pass out?
Wasps
The primary prey of ladybugs
Aphids
The main way butterflies taste
With their feet
What came first, Ants or wasps?
Wasps - Ants evolved from wasp ancestors
What is it called when a bug evolves to resemble another bug or natural item?
Mimicry
What popular horror movie moth squeaks when it is alarmed?
Death's-Head Hawkmoth
What commonly causes oak galls on trees?
Gall wasps
The difference between damselfly wings and dragonfly wings
Damselfly wings rest together, dragonfly wings rest apart
What prehistoric age held the first major diversification of arthropod life?
The Cambrian Explosion
What kind of skeleton do arthropods have?
An exoskeleton
What insects have been documented to engage in play behavior?
Bumblebees
What came first, snails or slugs?
Snails! Slugs descended from snail ancestors and maintain reduced/internal shells.
A pseudopupil
What bug was the first to be sent to space?
Fruit flies were the first living animals to be sent to space.
How many eyes do most adult insects have?
Five eyes
What is commonly considered to be the smartest solitary arthropod?
Jumping spiders (genus Portia)
The largest terrestrial arthropod to ever exist
Arthropleura
The name of the spider that spends its life underwater
The Diving Bell Spider
What bug caused the first recorded instance of a literal computer bug?
A moth
How do crickets and grasshoppers produce chirping sounds?
Through stridulation (rubbing a leg or wing against a wing)
What makes mexican jumping beans jump?
A moth larva
The name of the special set of lungs adapted by terrestrial arthropods to breathe air