Because of their small body size, invasive Argentine ants have had little impact on native Hymenoptera since their introduction to California.

Hemiptera and Lepidoptera are both hemimetabolous

Slave-making ants and their slaves are a great example of mutualism.

Larval and adult fireflies often have a luminescent organ on their abdomen.

Scarab beetles (superfamily Scarabaeoidea) have lamellae on their antennae, which allows them to increase the surface area of their antennae and better sense odors.

Molting is the shedding of the hard, outer layer of skin between instars

Coleoptera and Diptera both are holometabolous.

Beetles are:

Phasmida are

Lacewings are in the order:

Blattodea include

What is the most common diet of bed bugs?

What is the most common diet of Isoptera?

What is the most common diet of Calliphorid flies (blow flies)?

This is a picture of what kind of insect?

This is a picture of what kind of insect?

This is a picture of what kind of insect?

This depicts an insect with a specific form of communication. What is it?

Select ALL taxonomic groups that provide pollination services

Select ALL taxonomic groups that provide nutrient recycling

Antlion larvae (Family Myrmeleontidae) are sit and wait predators that use which of the following to catch their prey? Select all that apply.

What are the characteristics that differ between solitary and gregarious phases of locusts? Select all that apply.

How can you distinguish between moths and butterflies? Select all that apply.

Dung beetles serve important roles in their ecosystems. Which of the following is FALSE? Select all that apply.

Which of the following are benefits of elytra? Select all that apply.

Which is true about the larvae of tiger beetles (family Carabidae)?

Tiger beetles (Family Carabidae) are unique among carabids for a few reasons. Which of the following are true? Select all that apply.

Domesticated silkworm moths produce more silk per cocoon and have a faster growth rate than wild silkworm moths because__

Plants in your garden are being feed upon by aphids. What natural enemy might help reduce the aphid population in your garden?

Many insects have wing modifications. Hemiptera have __, Orthoptera have __, while Coleoptera have ___. Select the answer that fills in the missing words.

Which of the following are anti-predator defenses used by larval or adult moth species? Select all that apply.

Which of the following are true about Africanized “killer” bees? Select all that apply.

Which of the following insects displays eusociality? Select all that apply.

Tarantula hawks (Family Pompilidae) are some of the largest wasps. Besides its size, what else is notable about these wasps? Select all that apply.

Which of these is NOT a requirement for a species to be considered eusocial?

You are walking along a trail in Mount Rubidoux park and you notice a female cicada killer (Family Crabronidae) coming out of her burrow. After she leaves, you excavate the nest and notice that there is one cicada in a cell with one cicada killer egg. From this you can conclude:

You are on a hiking path in Nigeria. You notice a lek of male Anopheles gambiae (the African malaria mosquito) waiting for females, which you accidently disturb while passing by. They fly all around your face. What is the best thing for you to do?

For mosquitoes, why do most females have to blood feed but males do not? Select all that apply.

Diptera include insects of medical importance. Which of the following statements are TRUE? Select all that apply.

Based on your network, the [ Select ] is the most generalist pollinator and the [ Select ]  is the most specialist pollinator in your network.

You would want to promote (i.e., increase their population) [ Select ] in order to maximize the pollination of clover. 

The  [ Select ] pollinators as a group pollinate more plant species than the diurnal pollinators as a group.

You have a work-study job where you are responsible for monitoring insects for Riverside County Parks. In particular, your boss is interested in determining what insects are present and what ecosystem services are being provided by those insects in the park. You surveyed the insects in the park and determined that the following insects were present: Aphids (Aphidae), Aedes mosquitoes (Culicidae), Anopheles mosquitoes (Culicidae), Argentine ants, Bed bugs, Black flies, Cicada killer wasp, Culex mosquitoes, Grasshoppers, Leaf cutter bees, Mantids,  and Tiger beetles (Carabidae). Based on what we have discussed about the ecosystem services provided by these types of insects, what ecosystem service or disservice do you have a high degree of redundancy (i.e. have the most number of different types of insects that can provide the same services or disservices)? [ Select ]

What ecosystem service is completely absent in this park based on your collection of insects? [ Select ]

Match the order scientific name with its common name. Mantodea are

Match the order scientific name with its common name. Mecoptera are:

Match the order scientific name with its common name. Diptera include

Match the order scientific name with its common name. Blattodea are

What is the function of each leg type? (IN ORDER) Scansorial, Raptorial, Natatorial.

Which of the following are NOT common characteristics of a successful invasive species?

Invasive ants can cause a variety of problems. Which of the following are true?

Which of the following are true about biological invasions?

Which of the following insects fit the following description? Feed on human blood; Bite; Associated with social stigma; Disease transmission to humans; Associated with poor hygiene and overcrowding;

Elephantiasis causes excessive fluid to be retained causing _________.

Which answer represents the correct order of the stages of decomposition that are fueled by insect activity?

Match the ecological service or dis-service with all taxonomic groups that provide it. Pollination

Match the ecological service or dis-service with all taxonomic groups that provide it. Scavenging

Match the ecological service or dis-service with all taxonomic groups that provide it. Disease vector

Match the ecological service or dis-service with all taxonomic groups that provide it. Biological control

Which of the following are actions we can take to help pollinators?

There are multiple factors that contribute to worldwide pollinator declines. Which of the following are are implicated in the Pollinator Crisis?

Forensic scientists can use insects to help determine PMI because:

You have two bee colonies out at Ag Ops. How can you tell that they are healthy?

Which of the following is true about sterile insect technique?

Which of the following is an effective method to reduce mosquito populations?

Pathogen transfer from mother to offspring during reproduction is an example of:

Degree days or degree hours are the number of days/hours multiplied by the number of ___________ above a threshold temperature.

During which stage does the body take on a compressed appearance and give off a powerful odor?

You collect 10 pupae and identify the insect as the common flesh fly. You refer to several text books and find that the estimates for development time at 24°C range from 25 days. You raise these pupa at 24°C in the lab and they emerge as adults after 100 hours. Use this information to answer the next two questions. What is a reasonable range of PMI given this information?

Based on the answer to the previous question, if you raised the pupa at a much lower lab temperature, which of the following would be true?

You were watching the flowers in your garden and made the following network below. What plant is the most important food source in your garden and why?

Please refer to the plant-pollinator network below. What plant is a generalist?

Please reference this same plant pollinator network below. What pollinator is a specialist?

You were working on a phylogeny problem with classmates. When you compared the phylogenies, you found that 3 of the phylogenies were actually the same: they showed the exact same relatedness among the three species, A, B and C. Which of the four phylogenies is different from the other three?

Refer to the phylogeny in the previous question, how did you know this phylogeny was different?

Lepidoptera coevolved with flowering plants.

"Of all the bees we discussed, stingless bees are the best pollinator for plants requiring buzz pollination."

"Beetles have diverse leg types, reflecting the large amount of diversity in the order. "

Butterflies have more feather-like antennae and a plumper body than do moths.

What is the name of this leg type (depicted on the right)?

What is the function of this leg (depicted below)?

What is the name of this 3rd leg type (depicted on the right)?

What is most cost effective way to combat the effects from invasive species?

Which of the following eats dead and decaying flesh and provides beneficial services both in forensic investigations and for treating infected wounds?

Pathogen transfer during reproduction from parent to egg is an example of:

Insects with complete metamorphosis have:

Match the type of causal agent with the appropriate disease. An answer may be used for more than one question or not at all. Please provide only one answer per question: Plague

Typhus

Lymphatic Filariasis (elephantiasis)

Malaria

Yellow fever

Dengue Virus

How you feeling about the final?