WorksheetsEntomology Test #5
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Tussock moths damage forests and shade trees by ___.
Boring into the bark
Eating the leaves
Laying eggs near the roots
Feeding on the sorrounding nutrients needed by the tree.
The primary food for mud dauber wasp larvae is:
Spiders
Pollen
Predigested wood pulp
Honeydew
Elm leaf beetle eggs are laid:
Under bark on elm trees
Underside of elm leaves
In leaf litter next to elm trees
In Indiana, the most common flea species found on dogs is the:
Cat flea
Dog flea
Human flea
Oriental rat flea
Immature click beetles are pests because they ___.
Eat plant roots
Bore into roots
Burrow into tree trunks
Make loud, obnoxious clicking noises
Where do female Mexican bean beetles lay their eggs?
In the bark
Underground
Under foliage
In the flowers
Why are deer flies considered pests?
They bite people
They bite livestock
They transmit disease
All of these
Adult velvet ants are most commonly found in ___.
Dense forests
Grassy areas
Sandy areas
Wet marshes
What is the structure that enlarges to become 'horns' in treehoppers?
Membrane
Pronotum
Vertex
Palps
In homes, fungus gnats are usually associated with:
Fruit
Over-watered plants
Bathrooms
Kitchen cabinets
How do thrips cause damage to plants?
By sucking juices from roots
By scraping the epidermis off leaves
By burrowing into bark of trees
By chewing through tree branches
Which of the following lice have chewing mouthparts?
Hog louse
Human head losue
Chicken louse
Shortnosed cattle louse
Which of the following insects cause round holes in soybean leaves?
Mexican bean beetle
Japanese beetle
Bean leaf beetle
Black cutworm
Small moths found in stored products that have wings with distinct rear fringes are ___.
Indian meal moths
Angoumois grain moths
Corn earworm moths
Fringe moths
The common name weevil would best describe ___.
Beetles with long, curved proboscis
Beetles that live in cereal products
Insects that can neither speak, see nor hear
Insects that live inside seeds
Common stalk borer larvae can usually be found by ___.
Unrolling damaged host plant leaves
Digging through the hsoil
Peeling the bark from a tree trunk
Sweeping a net over a flower beed
When the carpenter ant queen rears her first brood of workers, she keeps them sustained by feeding them ___.
Saliva
Honey
Nectar
Aphids
Brown-banded cockroaches are primarily active during the ___>
Day
Summer
Spring
Night
Where are adult asparagus beetles found?
On the tips of asparagus shoots
In soil
Along the stem of asparagus plants
All of these
Ant lions belong to the order ___.
Lepidoptera
Coleoptera
Neuroptera
Orthoptera
