Entomology Exam 3 - Ground-Dwelling Insects

What is the Importance of Ground-Dwelling Insects?

They Eat Dead Animals and Break Down Large Particles

Larvae Legs in Ground-Dwelling Insects?

Often Well Developed for Movement/Digging in Soil

Fossorial (Adult) Legs in Ground-Dwelling Insects?

Legs for Digging in Soil

Eyes in Ground-Dwelling Insects?

Lost or Reduced

Wings in Ground-Dwelling Insects?

Protected (Elytra, Tegmina), Reduced (Brachyptery), or Lost (Aptery)

What is a Way for Avoiding Predators?

Jumping

What are Detritivorous?

Feed on Dead Plant/Animal Material

What are Xylophagous?

Feed on Wood

What are Coprophagus?

Feed on Poop

What are Fungivorous?

Feed on Fungi

What are Fructivorous?

Feed on Fruit

Dung Beetles

Roll Poop to Nest Underground for Female to Lay Eggs in

Burying Beetles

Male Discovers a Dead Mammal and Secretes Pheromones to Attract Female; They Work Together to Bury Mammal; Female Lays Eggs Inside Mammal for Larvae to Eat

Leaf-Cutter Ants 3 Part Symbiotic Relationship: Part 1

Ants Cut Leaves and Bring Back to Nest; Secrete Enzymes to Start Digestion; Feed Leaves to Fungi

Leaf-Cutter Ants 3 Part Symbiotic Relationship: Part 2

Ant Larvae Feed Only of Gongylidia (Fungus Nutritive Body)

Leaf-Cutter Ants 3 Part Symbiotic Relationship: Part 3

Fungus-Growing Ants Use Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria to Control Garden Parasites

Pine Beetles 3 Part Relationship: Part 1

Beetles Live Inside Bark Where Fungi Live

Pine Beetles 3 Part Relationship: Part 2

Fungi Provides Food for Larvae

Pine Beetles 3 Part Relationship: Part 3

Beetles Also Carry Bacteria That Produce Anti-Fungal Against Antagonistic Fungi

What is a Troglobite?

An Insect That Lives in Caves