Entomology – Verified Q&A Review Sheet | Insect Physiology, Forensic Application & Decomposition Stages

Entomology questions with verified answers
Adiabatic Cooling Ans✓✓✓ -for every rise in sea level there is a
correlating drop in temperature


Aposematism Ans✓✓✓ -warning colors for defense


Aquatic Arthropods Ans✓✓✓ -used in case studies
-mosquitoes
-midges
-black flies
-cray fish


Aquatic Decomposition Ans✓✓✓ -submerged fresh
-early float
-floating decay
-floating remains
-sunken remains


Black Flies Ans✓✓✓ -transfer blindness along rivers in central america


Calliphoridae Ans✓✓✓ -blow flies
-lay eggs

, -necrophages


Cephalopharyngeal Segment Ans✓✓✓ -head capsule


Cocaine Ans✓✓✓ -accelerates maggots growth rate & size


Cold Weather Flies Ans✓✓✓ -blue bottle and black blow flies
-black blow flies are seen in almost every case


Coleoptera Ans✓✓✓ -beetles


Critical Information for FE Ans✓✓✓ -temperature
-crime scene and nearest quality controlled area
-usually an airport


Defense Ans✓✓✓ -auto mimicry (looks like a snake, or poisonous
butterfly)
-aposematism


Diversity Ans✓✓✓ -most dominant group of animals on earth
-5-10 million species
-may have millions per acre