Insect Orders
"true Bugs"
hemiptera
What is the largest lepidopteran?
Hercules moth
What term refers to the built in knowledge that animals are born with?
instincts
What is the largest known fish?
whale shark
Which type of feathers provide lightweight insulation?
down
largest order of insects / includes beetles
coleoptera
What insect is known as the most social and the most organized?
ant
What type of animals regulate their body temperature through external means?
cold-blooded
What are the tooth-like scales found on sharks?
denticles
What is the largest living bird?
ostrich
includes the most common social insects
hymenoptera
What structure forms a beetle's shell?
elytra
What are the largest living reptiles?
crocodilians
Paired holes that are used for inhalation by sharks and rays are called what?
spiracles
What nutritious fluid feeds an unhatched chick?
yolk
includes flies and mosquitos
diptera
What type of wasps do NOT live in organized groups?
solitary
What is the upper half of a turtles shell called?
carapace
What are the world's smallest snakes?
blind snakes
What is the region of the egg where the embryo develops?
germinal spot
includes lacewings and antlions
neuroptera
What is the largest family of butterflies?
brush-foots
What lizard-like reptile has a parietal eye?
tuatara
What type of snake venom attacks the circulatory system?
hemotoxic
What term refers to a chick that is born with feathers and can run or walk soon after birth?
precocial