Entomology Review SLO's - Exam 3 (P2) questions with
verified answers
· Coprophagia Ans✓✓✓ feces eating
"Protozoa" Ans✓✓✓ garbage pail taxonomic group - don't know where
to stick them - Eukaryotic group
3 different types of dung beetle types Ans✓✓✓ Dwellers, tunnelers,
and rollers
5 completely aquatic orders of insects: Ans✓✓✓ -Odonata
(Dragonflies)
-Ephemeroptera (Mayflies),
-Plecoptera (Stoneflies),
-Megaloptera (Dobsonflies)
-Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
Are aquatic insects primarily marine or freshwater? Ans✓✓✓ 99% of
insects are Freshwater
Are we at risk here in the RGV for trypanosomiasis? Ans✓✓✓ For
African Sleeping sickness - No
,For Chagas disease - Yes, because we are near the border. But highly
unlikely due to improved housing conditions.
Are we at risk of a fourth pandemic of the plague? Ans✓✓✓ No, its
extremely unlikely, modern medicine is too strong for the black death
to come back
Babesiosis Ans✓✓✓ - a disease caused by microscopic parasites that
infect red blood cells.
Can aquatic insects modulate body temperature? Ans✓✓✓ No, they
change their temperature based on the water's temperature; they have
narrow ranges to function
Chagas' Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) vector? Ans✓✓✓
Assassin Bugs "Kissing bugs"
Compare and contrast the respiratory systems of terrestrial insects and
aquatic insects Ans✓✓✓ ·Terrestrial insects have open respiratory
systems, aquatic insects need a modified system so they can continue
breathing while under water (so they develop a snorkel system or
provide themselves a source of oxygen - like diving bubbles, plant
breathing tubes, or having gill like structures that diffuse oxygen)
Creeping Ans✓✓✓ using legs to grab substrate and push themselves
forward without water pulling them away
, Diving bubble Ans✓✓✓ a "diving helmet" or breastplate that provides
oxygen while diving
Diving bubbles are similar to scuba tanks in humans. What is the key
difference? Ans✓✓✓ Bubble is held by surface tension and diffusion
can occur between the bubble and the water creating a reusable supply
of oxygen.
Dwellers Ans✓✓✓ used resource and played eggs and emergence -
exposed to lots of competitions because its exposed material
For these five aquatic orders, is it primarily juveniles or adults that are
aquatic? Ans✓✓✓ Larvae, adults are closely associated with water
Forensic Entomology Ans✓✓✓ the study of insects as they pertain to
legal and crime issues
How are Dermestidae (carpet beetles) different than other necrophagic
insects? Ans✓✓✓ They like to feed on dead animal skins; so old
carpets or leather made from animal skin is a massive target for these
beetles; they tend to specialize on old, dried out things
How are spiracles modified in insects with open circulatory systems?
Ans✓✓✓ Spiracles go towards the end of the abdomen to create a
verified answers
· Coprophagia Ans✓✓✓ feces eating
"Protozoa" Ans✓✓✓ garbage pail taxonomic group - don't know where
to stick them - Eukaryotic group
3 different types of dung beetle types Ans✓✓✓ Dwellers, tunnelers,
and rollers
5 completely aquatic orders of insects: Ans✓✓✓ -Odonata
(Dragonflies)
-Ephemeroptera (Mayflies),
-Plecoptera (Stoneflies),
-Megaloptera (Dobsonflies)
-Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
Are aquatic insects primarily marine or freshwater? Ans✓✓✓ 99% of
insects are Freshwater
Are we at risk here in the RGV for trypanosomiasis? Ans✓✓✓ For
African Sleeping sickness - No
,For Chagas disease - Yes, because we are near the border. But highly
unlikely due to improved housing conditions.
Are we at risk of a fourth pandemic of the plague? Ans✓✓✓ No, its
extremely unlikely, modern medicine is too strong for the black death
to come back
Babesiosis Ans✓✓✓ - a disease caused by microscopic parasites that
infect red blood cells.
Can aquatic insects modulate body temperature? Ans✓✓✓ No, they
change their temperature based on the water's temperature; they have
narrow ranges to function
Chagas' Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) vector? Ans✓✓✓
Assassin Bugs "Kissing bugs"
Compare and contrast the respiratory systems of terrestrial insects and
aquatic insects Ans✓✓✓ ·Terrestrial insects have open respiratory
systems, aquatic insects need a modified system so they can continue
breathing while under water (so they develop a snorkel system or
provide themselves a source of oxygen - like diving bubbles, plant
breathing tubes, or having gill like structures that diffuse oxygen)
Creeping Ans✓✓✓ using legs to grab substrate and push themselves
forward without water pulling them away
, Diving bubble Ans✓✓✓ a "diving helmet" or breastplate that provides
oxygen while diving
Diving bubbles are similar to scuba tanks in humans. What is the key
difference? Ans✓✓✓ Bubble is held by surface tension and diffusion
can occur between the bubble and the water creating a reusable supply
of oxygen.
Dwellers Ans✓✓✓ used resource and played eggs and emergence -
exposed to lots of competitions because its exposed material
For these five aquatic orders, is it primarily juveniles or adults that are
aquatic? Ans✓✓✓ Larvae, adults are closely associated with water
Forensic Entomology Ans✓✓✓ the study of insects as they pertain to
legal and crime issues
How are Dermestidae (carpet beetles) different than other necrophagic
insects? Ans✓✓✓ They like to feed on dead animal skins; so old
carpets or leather made from animal skin is a massive target for these
beetles; they tend to specialize on old, dried out things
How are spiracles modified in insects with open circulatory systems?
Ans✓✓✓ Spiracles go towards the end of the abdomen to create a
