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Hymenoptera, Apidae; bees
Identify the order, family, and common name of the specimen.
Female; has a stinger and combs on feet and abdomen
Is this specimen male or female? How can you tell?
By performing this dance, successful foragers can share, with other members of the colony, information about the direction and distance to patches of flowers yielding nectar and pollen, to water sources, or to new housing locations.
What is the purpose of the waggle dance that this specimen performs?
Mosquitoes are disease vectors for diseases such as malaria and dengue.
What is its health impact on humans, the environment, and the
world?
Mantodea; mantids
Identify the order and common name of the specimen.
Female mantids can consume the male during or after copulation.
What occurs in some species of this specimen once the male
and the female copulate?
Figure
Ocelli
label the insect mouthparts.
Antennae
label the insect mouthparts.
Compound Eye
label the insect mouthparts.
Clypeus
label the insect mouthparts.
Labrum
label the insect mouthparts.
Maxillary palp
label the insect mouthparts.
Labial palp
label the insect mouthparts.
Maxillae
label the insect mouthparts.
Labium
label the insect mouthparts.
Mandible
label the insect mouthparts.
Coleoptera; Lampyridae; fire flies
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Neuroptera; Myrmeleontidae; antlions
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Diptera; Asilidae; robber flies
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Coleoptera; Gyrinidae; whirligig beetles
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Hemiptera; Pentatomidae; stink bugs
Neuroptera; Chrysopidae; green lacewings
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Diptera; Tachinidae; tachinid flies
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Lepidoptera; Sesiidae; clear winged moths
Coleoptera; Chrysomelidae; leaf beetles
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Elytra
_______________ hard, sclerotized front wings that
serve as protective covers for membranous hind wings (Coleoptera and Dermaptera)
Hemelytra
______________ front wings that are leathery or
parchment-like at the base and membranous near the tip (Hemiptera)
Tegmina
_______________ front wings that are completely
leathery or parchment-like in texture (Orthoptera, Blattodea, and
Mantodea)
Halteres
___________________ small, club-like hind wings that serve as gyroscopic stabilizers during flight (Diptera)
Fringed wings
______________ slender front and hind wings with long fringes of hair (Thysanoptera)
Hairy wings
____________ front and hind wings clothed with setae (Trichoptera)
Scaly wings
______________ front and hind wings covered with flattened setae (scales) (Lepidoptera)
Hamuli
______________ tiny hooks on hind wing that hold front and hind wings together (Hymenoptera)
Frenulum
_________________ Bristle near base of hind wing that holds front and hind wings together (Lepidoptera)
Prothorax, mesothorax, metathorax
What are the three segments of the thorax?
Head, thorax, abdomen
What are the three major body parts of an insect?
Costa
For questions 38 - 43, name the missing parts of general venation.
(C) the leading edge of the wing
Subcosta
name the missing parts of general venation. (Sc) second
longitudinal vein (behind the costa), typically unbranched
Radius
name the missing parts of general venation. (R) third
longitudinal vein, one to five branches reach the wing margin
Media
name the missing parts of general venation. (M) fourth
longitudinal vein, one to four branches reach the wing margin
Cubitus
name the missing parts of general venation. (Cu) fifth
longitudinal vein, one to three branches reach the wing margin
Anal veins
name the missing parts of general venation. (A1, A2, A3) unbranched veins behind the (Cu)
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Construct a dichotomous key (next page) for the following six insects using their family names
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Construct a dichotomous key (next page) for the following six insects using their family names
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Construct a dichotomous key (next page) for the following six insects using their family names
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Construct a dichotomous key (next page) for the following six insects using their family names
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Construct a dichotomous key (next page) for the following six insects using their family names
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Construct a dichotomous key (next page) for the following six insects using their family names
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