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The butterfly pupa is known as a _____.

chrysalis

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

cricket

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

mosquito

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

habitat loss

Mole crickets have ______ legs used for digging.

Fossorial

In what order of insects are front wings known as “elytra?”

Coleoptera

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

Mantodea

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

Siphonaptera

The _____ is the ventral surface of the thorax of insects.

sternum

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

Diptera

Which insect structure develops from embryonic ectoderm?

brain

The insect abdomen contains:

all of the above

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

vegetables

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 _____.

ectothermy and endothermy

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

Arkansas and Missouri