The old shed skin left behind after an insect molts is known as the

the eastern population of monarch butterflies overwinter in

The abdomen of insects is specialized for:

What is the primary function of the wax layer of the exoskeleton?

_________ represents the most speciose order of insects, with approximately __________ species

Firebrats and silverfish are common household pests in the order __________.

A tool used to collect insects using your mouth or a hand bulb and a small vial is called a/an _____________.

A geniculate insect antenna is ______________________.

_____________ is a family in the order __________

What is the visible characteristic that can be used to separate male and female mosquito adults?

Which structure would not be found on an insect's pretarsus?

The Johnston¶s organ ___________________________.

The following is the genus of the ³yellow fever mosquito´and ³Asian tiger mosquito´that vectors dengue, chikungunya and zika viruses.

Dolbears law refers to what insect and environmental relationship?

The following sections are parts of an insect¶s leg:

_____ is found as both a supporting element in fungal cell walls and a key component of arthropod exoskeletons.

Predaceous diving beetles belong to what insect order?

Which of the following insect groups has hemimetabolous development?

The majority of honey bees in a colony are females and called ____________.

An insect heart is best described as a ______________.

_________ are thought to be one of the first arthropods.

If an insect is described as zoophilic, that insect prefers ____ to ____.

Functions of the insect hemolymph includes:

The reproductive organ in male insects for transferring sperm is the ______________

When and where were the first fire ants discovered in North America?

Ground beetles and cockroaches have _______________ legs used for running.

The _____________ civilization regarded dung beetles as sacred.

What is the correct common name for Solenopsis invicta Buren?

Why do insects molt?

The butterfly pupa is known as a ____________.

_______ flour has been developed and marketed in recent years as a new form of supplemental protein and a cooking agent.

In which of the following insects do only the females suck blood?

The prime cause of insect extinctions, at least of local populations if not species, is ___.

Mole crickets have _______________ legs used for digging.

In what order of insects are the front wings known as "elytra?"

Oothecas, or egg cases, belonging to what insect order?

Which of the following orders of insects is most closely related to Diptera?

The ____ is the ventral surface of the thorax of insects

What order of insects is generally considered most important from a medical and veterinary standpoint?

Which insect structure develops from embryonic ectoderm?

The insect abdomen contains:

A caterpillar of the cabbage butterfly is a common pest of _______________.

The body temperature of insects changes with ambient environmental temperatures. Therefore, most insects cannot efficiently change their internal body temperature above the temperature of the environment. The first sentence describes ______________ while the second sentence describes ________________.

In what two states would one be most likely to contract rabbit fever, a disease that can be carried by ticks?

How does the honey bee queen decide the sex of her offspring?

During the _________, German cockroaches are very active

Abdominal gills allow insects to utilize oxygen that is ____________________.

What structure protects the midgut from abrasion by food particles and acts as a sieve?

Webspinners belong to which insect order?

. If an insect is described as having haustellate mouthparts, it means that the insect consumes _____________

Chemicals released from plants to attract parasitic or predaceous insects that combat herbivorous insects are called ____________________.

The boll weevil Anthonomus grandis was a sever cotton pest belonging to which family of beetles?

Blister beetles have what substance in their bodies that can be toxic to livestock?

The renowned myrmecologist ____________________ established the field of sociobiology.

Which of the following arthropods are not insects?

The eyes of caterpillars are called _______________.

A dun is a fly fishing term used to describe what type of insect?

__________ secrete a bubbly liquid-covering on plants to conceal themselves or their eggs.

________ is the appropriate concentration of ethanol to preserve most insects.

As juvenile hormone levels fall in the hemolymph, what reaction is triggered in insects?

The butterfly that mimics the monarch in coloration because of the distastefulness of monarchs to predators is the ____________.

The following are some of the major insect wing veins:

The pleural suture lies just posterior to the __________________.

_________ do not belong to the order Hemiptera

Which of the followings is the common name of the order Mecoptera?

Insects have evolved over a period of approximately __________ years

Which structures are innervated by the protocerebrum of an insect¶s brain?

Some insect eggs hatch inside the mother's body before exiting. An insect with this type of reproduction is called _________.

The father of modern taxonomy who created the binomial system of nomenclature was ________.

Which part of the exoskeleton lies between the exocuticle and the wax layer?

Which structure is not part of an insect's antenna?

What is the principle energy source for most insects?

In many insects, three light-sensitive ³simple´eyes, or ____, are situated of the anterior vertex between

the compound eyes.

The ³powder´left over from being in contact with moths or butterflies is actually tiny __________.

A measure of insect dispersion gives an indication of _______________.

Axillary sclerites form points of attachment for muscles that control the:

Approximately ______ species of insects are used as food in many parts of the world.

Which insects never develop wings?

Dermestid beetles that feed on dry and pinned specimens are commonly repelled with ______________

The absolute minimum information that must be associated with insect specimens after collection include __________________.

All of the following insects have holometabolous development, except ___________.

A ____________is a trap used to separate insects from soil or leaf litter.

What is a hematophagous insect?

Insects from this order do not act as pollinators:

Junctions between abdominal segments are best described as ________________.

What are some reasons that could have influenced the large size of insects prehistorically?

When an insect has a vestigial mouthpart, that insect _______.

What does it mean when an insect is described as hemimetabolous?

_________ are the individual light-sensing and image forming units of the insect¶s compound eye.

What is the function of an aeropyle of an insect's egg?

Which structure would not be found on an insect's leg?

What order of insect vectors Chagas disease?

Cochineal is a natural product produced from:

After its second molt an insect is a _____________ instar

Which insect orders are exclusively herbivorous?

_______________ are the two orders of primitively wingless insects

What do the orders Mantodea and Blattodea have in common?

Dermaptera or earwigs are most closely related to which insect order?

Katydids belong to which insect order?

A beating tray or beat sheet is best used to collect which type of insects?

A hearing organ of an insect is the ______________.

Most digestion in insects occurs in the:

The phrase "endemic" insect refers to:

In what order of insects are the front and hind wings held together by hamuli?

_____________________ can be used as biological control agents to help control pests

The developmental stage of an insect between molts is called a/an ______________.

Collophore and furcula are morphological terms associated with which order of insects?

During a molt, which layer of the old exoskeleton is digested by molting fluid, reabsorbed by the epidermal cells, and reconstituted as new procuticle?

Digging legs of mole crickets are what functional type?

This best choice for a chemical to use in an insect kill jar is ________________.

Which part of an insect's antenna articulates with its head capsule?

Which structure lies between the crop and the gastric caecae in the insect digestive system?

An insect has a protective cuticle that allows it to ______________.

A legless, eyeless, vermiform larva that is approximately 5 mm in length would probably belong to what insect order?

The hypopharynx separates the mouth opening or food canal from the _____________.

The furca is best described as:

What was a major arthropod borne disease that resulted in great losses for Napoleon on his campaign to Russia?

Monarch butterflies depend on which plant for their survival?

Puddling is a behavior in the ______________ where adults aggregate and drink from mud puddles or moist soil.

The "scales" of butterflies are ________________.

A _______________ is the immature, aquatic stage of a dobsonfly

In Diptera, hindwings are modified into small, club-like structure called________ that serves as gyroscopes, informing the insect about rotation of the body during flight.

Giant water bugs belong to the order Hemiptera and are in the family _______________.

The "vampire" mite that has been a serious pest of managed honey bees is the _______________.

Which abdominal structure of an insect is unpaired?

Which part of the leg lies between the femur and the tarsus?

How many abdominal segments are found in a typical insect?

Imaginal discs are best described as:

To which family do hard ticks belong?

Immature scale insects are called _____.

Which insect order does not have aquatic stages of development?

In cicadas and other sucking insects, movement of liquid to the mouth results from the action of a _____.

Which larval type does not have walking legs?

What order of insects usually have their wings covered in flattened setae or scales?