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100
Respectively, centipedes and millipedes play these 2 roles in a food chain:
What are carnivores and herbivores (or scavengers) ?
100
These are the 3 body regions of an insect:
What are the head, thorax, and abdomen ?
100
Larvae of butterflies and moths have __________ for mouthparts, but the adults have a _____________ instead.
What are mandibles and proboscis ?
100
Has the most species; Mr. Wellman's favorite insects ?
What are the beetles (Coleoptera) ?
100
Live in the water for years as nymphs, but only for 1 day as adults
What are mayflies (Ephemeroptera) ?
200
The longest millipede has 100 segments; therefore, how many legs would it have ?
What is 400 ? (4 legs per segment times 100 segments) Therefore, millipedes never really get to 1000 legs !
200
All insects have #____ antennae, most have #____ wings, and all have #____ legs.
What is 2 , 4, 6 (8..... who do we appreciate ? Go Hornets !)
200
Insects filter waste from the blood with these tubules:
What are Malpighian ?
200
Social insects; includes Monroe's most famous insect
What are hornets, bees, wasps, & ants (Hymenoptera) ?
200
Some of these insects really do "bug" people
What are true bugs (Hemiptera) ?
300
The longest centipede has 177 segments; therefore, how many legs would it have ?
What is 354 ? (2 legs per segment times 177 segments) Therefore, centipedes can have more than 100 legs !
300
Insects see multiple images with __________ eyes, and can hear with their ___________ membranes
What are compound and tympanic ?
300
Female insects use this to lay eggs (and, in one order, to sting prey)
What is an ovipositor ?
300
Only have 2 wings; includes biggest disease vector
What are flies & mosquitoes (Diptera) ?
300
This order of large bodied insects includes one we dissected
What are grasshoppers & crickets (Orthoptera) ?
400
Besides coiling up, this is the main defense for a millipede
What is bad odor/taste (secreting hydrogen cyanide) ?
400
Insects breathe through holes in their abdomen called __________,which lead to a network of tubes called ________.
What are spiracles and trachae ?
400
After mating, female insects can store sperm for long periods of time in these compartments:
What are seminal receptacles ?
400
Have no wings; caused the Black Death in Europe in the Middle Ages
What are fleas (Siphonaptera) ?
400
Perhaps these insects were named by knights in medieval times; they are the most ancient of flying insects
What are dragonflies & damselflies (Odonata) ?
500
These small terrestrial crustaceans may be confused as millipedes as they live in the same habitat
What are isopods (or pillbugs, roly-poly's, etc.) ?
500
This is why complete metamorphosis is much more common (found in more species) than incomplete metamorphosis
What is that parents and young do not compete for the same food source ?
500
In social insects, this is the name of an insect's genetically determined role
What is caste ?
500
Wings are full of veins; includes a predator of ants
What are lacewings & ant lions (Neuroptera) ?
500
Can not fly; one kind affects children; another kind is called the "crabs"
What are lice (Anoplura or Phthiraptera) ?