1. Review of Facts About Orders
Entomology
Review of Facts About Orders

2. Dermaptera
“Skin wings” is a name for which order?

3. Odonata
Like cockroaches one of the oldest types of insects

4. Coleoptera
Grubs belong to which order?

5. Guano Beetle (Lesser Mealworm)
Major processor of the guano
These meat eaters eat dead and sick bats and other animals in caves.
Others eat bat droppings (guano)
Both foods are digested into a clean, natural fertilizer.
The combination of dermestid and guano beetles keeps caves from rapidly filling with the guano and debris that results from massive populations of bats. These beetles serve as the cave janitors

6. Hymenoptera
Most beneficial insect order to humans

7. Archaeognatha – Bristle tails
They have flexible antennae
large compound eyes that meet at the top of the head

8. Mantodea
Name comes from the Greek word for prophet or soothsayer

9. Hymenoptera
One of the few orders of insects that display social organization

10. Phasmatodea
insect order that contains stick insects and leaf insects.

11. Stonefly/Caddisfly/Mayfly
Are important source of food for game fish

12. Hymenoptera help produce the food we eat they get rid our pests
some become a business opportunity and source of entertainment

13. Megaloptera - Dobson Fly
Jaws of males are half as long as the body

14. Egg capsule from blattaria
What is a ootheca?

15. Ephemeroptera
Their name means “short lived-winged insect”

16. Hymenopterans
Farm homopterans as “cows”

17. Isoptera - Termites
They are often called white ants

18. Dermaptera - Earwigs
They have been said to crawl in peoples ears and lay eggs

19. Stonefly
they spend most of their time crawling around on stream side stones or nearby vegetation
live primarily in cold, running streams and rivers
adults only live for just two or three weeks

20. Molting stage for incomplete life cycle
What is meant by the term Instar?

21. Excreted sugary water of homopterans
What is “Honeydew”?

22. Lepidoptera
“scaly wings”
Covered in fine dust

23. Collembola Commonly found near or on soil surface Decomposers
Not considered true insects
Commonly found near or on soil surface
Decomposers

24. Neuroptera
two pairs of membranous wings with an extensive pattern of veins and crossveins
At rest, the wings are folded flat over the abdomen or held tent-like over the body.
Most species are rather weak fliers.

25. Diptera
Their presence represents Death

26. Coleoptera
Order know to have the “sheath-wing”

27. Homoptera Most are considered PESTS Plant feeders
Incomplete life cycle

28. Coleoptera
Make up 1/3 of all animal species and 2/5 of all insects

29. True
________ bugs can be identified by the triangle on their back

30. Elytra This structure covers parts of thorax and abdomen
Protect body from predators and other harm and help balance when flying

31. Kingdom = ________________ ____________ = Arthropoda/Uniramia
Anamalia
Kingdom = ________________
____________ = Arthropoda/Uniramia
Class = _______________
Phylum
Insecta

32. Diptera
Single winged

33. Odonata
Can fly up to speeds of miles per hour.

34. Dermaptera - Earwig Feed on skin gland secretions of bat
Fungi living on rats
Also eat dead insects

35. Which member of Odonata
___________ fold their wings over abdomen?
______________ hold wings straight out from their thorax?
Damselfly
Dragonfly

36. Odonata
feed on many insects such as mosquitoes

37. Blattaria have flattened bodies
and their head is concealed from above by their pronotum

38. Mantodea
Large compound eyes on the head which moves freely around (up to 180°)

39. Honeybees Ants, wasps and most bees have smooth stingers.
_______________have barbed stingers allowing a one-time sting

40. Mandible
Another name for jaw

41. Orthoptera Hind legs long Forewings hardened
Pronotum usually with large descending lobes on sides

42. Symbiotic Termites cannot digest wood fibers.
Their digestive systems contain protozoa or bacteria that digest the cellulose in wood.  
Termites live on the by-products of this digestion
What is the relationship between bacteria and termite called?

43. Blattaria
Considered cursorial (adapted for running) and move rapidly.

44. Neuroptera
English translation of Latin name "nerve-wings"

45. Reduced hind-wing of Diptera Serves as Balancing organs during flight
What are halteres?
What is the function of this structure?
And, what order has this structure?

46. 4 Great aquatic pollution indicators
Dobson Fly
Stonefly
Caddisfly
Mayfly

47. Cicada-Homoptera Nymph lives by sucking juices from roots
Spends more than ½ its life as a mature nymph underground

48. Thysanura Considered a Pest Like to live in moist places
Active at night
Feed on food rich in starch
Such as: Rayons (Silk-like fabric)
Starched clothing
Book bindings
Other materials containing starch or glue

49. Hemiptera
Order for Water striders

50. Hemiptera
“Half-wing”

51. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)
Naturally occurring soil bacterium that generates a protein toxic to a variety of lepidoptera, such as corn borers, but is harmless to people and animals)

52. Lepidoptera
Larvae are called caterpillars

53. Elytra
What are the forewings of coleopterans called?

54. Lepidoptera
Best known order
2nd largest order

55. Diptera
Larvae are referred to as maggots

56. Incomplete
What is the life cycle of this insect?

57. Ephemeroptera - Mayfly
Adult males gather in mid-air swarms, and females fly into the swarm, and mating occurs in flight.

58. Lepidoptera - Skippers
Antennae have knobs w/hooks

59. Arthropoda any invertebrate of the phylum Arthropoda
having a segmented body
jointed limbs
and usually a chitinous shell that undergoes moltings
including the insects, spiders and other arachnids, crustaceans, and myriapods.

60. Hexapoda & Insecta Class or subclass? Characterized by –
Body with 3 distinct regions (head, thorax & abdomen)
One pair of antennae
Mouthparts consisting of labium, hypopharynx & a pair of mandibles and maxilla
Three segmented thorax bearing legs & wings in some
Reduction of appendages on the abdomen

61. Parts of an insect
Abdomen
Head
Thorax
3 pairs of legs

62. Parts of an insect Abdomen Head Thorax 3 pairs of legs
Wings and legs on thorax
3 pairs of legs

63. Important areas to study to identify common insect orders
Abdomen
Head
Thorax
3 pairs of legs

64. Primary Functions of Tagmata (A distinct section of an arthropod)
Head
– Sensory perception
– Neural integration
– Food gathering
Thorax
– Locomotory tagma
Abdomen
– Houses visceral organs

65. Mouthparts: Chewing mandibles mandibles
Just a quick overview of what we mean by mouthparts

66. Mouthparts: Sucking Coiled/Siphoning Piercing Sponging-sucking
Just a quick overview of what we mean by mouthparts
Sponging-sucking

67. Mouth Parts
The maxillae and labium have palps that function as sensory appendages

68. Mouth Parts

69. Prothorax
Front legs are located on the prothorax Wings are never present

70. Pronotum
The pronotum serves as a protective shield over most of the thorax In grasshoppers, it also extends down to cover the pleural region

71. Spiracles
Openings to the respiratory system. Located above the base of the middle leg neara the intersegmental boundary Seen on this insect onto the 1st abdominal segment

72. Typanum
The ear Located on the 1st segment of the abdominal segment

73. Cerci
Small sensory structures located near the rear of the abdomen. Detect air movement and other physical disturbances

74. Abdomen - Ovipositor
The female’s ovipositor is used to lay eggs It consists of 2 large pairs of valvulae for digging into the soil and a smaller pair of valvulae for manipulating the egg during oviposition

75. Insect Legs
The legs of all insects are made up of the same five basic parts
Femur, trochanter, coxa, tibia and tarus
The coxa conects the leg to the thorax
The trochanter acts as a joint between the coxa and femur
The Femur is usually elongated and  contains the major muscles used in running, and jumping
The tibia is also usually elongated and gives length and flexibility to the entire leg.
The tarsus serves as the insects foot and has one to four segments
At the end of the tarsus is the claw
The claw is used to hold the insect to different surfaces and to hold prey.
Coxa

76. C B D A H F E I G

77. Other Important Stuff! Differentiate between “Bugs” and “Insects”
Differentiate between beneficial and non-beneficial insects
List the top 10 beneficial insects by either category or individual species (ie. parasitic, predatory, honey bee, etc)
Explain how insects are important to the environment and to humans
Explain the role insects play in the food web
Explain how to manage your backyard habitat for beneficial insects
Why is a diverse habitat of plant species important?
Use of native vs non-native plant species?

78. List and explain the 8 Reasons for utilizing the Integrated Pest Management Program
List and explain the Best Management Practices for Integrated Pest Management
Explain the benefits of using horticultural & dormant spray oil
Explain what is biological control and how is it managed
Explain the successes of using biological control (ie. nematodes, milky spore, BT, predators, etc.)
Explain the importance of using pest resistant plants
Explain how to use of Endophytes, Allelopathic Plats, Neem, Insect Growth Regulators, ect. are important in pest control
Explain the problems associated w/the introduction of exotic plants into the American landscape
List the plants used as natural pesticides
Explain how insects are utilized to control plant pests
List the 5 Reasons for the use of biological pest control
Differentiate between the 6 different types of insecticides and examples of each
Differentiate between the 3 Major Groups of chemical makeup of insecticides
Differentiate between the groups of organic and synthetic organic chemicals and which are most toxic to warm blooded animals and honey bees
List the 7 ways chemicals can be applied
Define organic gardening