Entomology Exam 3 Questions with verified
answers
An individual that consumes and kills another individual during a brief
encounter, and usually kills many during its lifetime, is called a _____?
Ans✓✓✓ Predator
An individual that has a long relationship with a host and eventually
kills the host is a Ans✓✓✓ Parasitoid
An insect that feeds on a single species of plant is known as a ______?
Ans✓✓✓ Monophagous
An insect that feeds on many unrelated species of plant is known as a
____? Ans✓✓✓ Polyphagous
An insect that feeds upon dead and decaying organic matter is a
Ans✓✓✓ Detritivore
An insect that obtains its food by stealing resources from another
organisms is called a Ans✓✓✓ cleptoparasite
An organism that spends its life in the nest of another organism is
called a Ans✓✓✓ nidicole
, At what stage of decomposition do the pioneer insects stop coming to a
dead body? Ans✓✓✓ black peutrefication
Define hyperparasitism Ans✓✓✓ Targeting a different parasitoid
species inside a host
Define non-random active foraging Ans✓✓✓ When predators cue in
on prey through chemical or sound
How does the thread-legged bug use aggressive mimicry to capture
prey? Ans✓✓✓ Taps on the spiders web to make the spider think it
caught some prey, as it comes down to collect the food the thread-
legged bug eats the spider
Less showy flowers with a rotten meat odor are likely pollinated by
Ans✓✓✓ flies
Light-colored flowers open at night or dusk and dawn are likely
pollinated by Ans✓✓✓ moths
List 3 chrarcteristics required for an insect species to be considered
eusocial Ans✓✓✓ Caste system
Cooperative brood care for young
Overlapping generations
answers
An individual that consumes and kills another individual during a brief
encounter, and usually kills many during its lifetime, is called a _____?
Ans✓✓✓ Predator
An individual that has a long relationship with a host and eventually
kills the host is a Ans✓✓✓ Parasitoid
An insect that feeds on a single species of plant is known as a ______?
Ans✓✓✓ Monophagous
An insect that feeds on many unrelated species of plant is known as a
____? Ans✓✓✓ Polyphagous
An insect that feeds upon dead and decaying organic matter is a
Ans✓✓✓ Detritivore
An insect that obtains its food by stealing resources from another
organisms is called a Ans✓✓✓ cleptoparasite
An organism that spends its life in the nest of another organism is
called a Ans✓✓✓ nidicole
, At what stage of decomposition do the pioneer insects stop coming to a
dead body? Ans✓✓✓ black peutrefication
Define hyperparasitism Ans✓✓✓ Targeting a different parasitoid
species inside a host
Define non-random active foraging Ans✓✓✓ When predators cue in
on prey through chemical or sound
How does the thread-legged bug use aggressive mimicry to capture
prey? Ans✓✓✓ Taps on the spiders web to make the spider think it
caught some prey, as it comes down to collect the food the thread-
legged bug eats the spider
Less showy flowers with a rotten meat odor are likely pollinated by
Ans✓✓✓ flies
Light-colored flowers open at night or dusk and dawn are likely
pollinated by Ans✓✓✓ moths
List 3 chrarcteristics required for an insect species to be considered
eusocial Ans✓✓✓ Caste system
Cooperative brood care for young
Overlapping generations
