Entomology questions with verified answers
____ species of cockroaches infest houses and effect peoples lives
Ans✓✓✓ 5
_____ species of cockroaches exist in the world Ans✓✓✓ 3500
_____ species of cockroaches occur in the US Ans✓✓✓ 55
_________ is when an arthropod hitches a ride to a resource Ans✓✓✓
phoresy
____________ insects feed specifically on decaying flesh Ans✓✓✓
sarcosaprophagous
______________is a branch of zoology that deals with insects
Ans✓✓✓ entomology
__________lasts from 20-50 days after death, and is when all the
remaining flesh is removed over this period and the body dries out.
Ans✓✓✓ Butyric fermentation
.......% of all described animal species in the world are arthropods
Ans✓✓✓ 80
, A bunch of fly eggs is known as a .............. Ans✓✓✓ clutches
Accidental (pseudomyiasis) Ans✓✓✓ accidental ingestion of eggs or fly
larvae
Ametabolous metamorphosis Ans✓✓✓ eggs yield immature forms
that look like smaller forms of adults. (without change)
Blattela asahinai (Asian cockroach) Ans✓✓✓ looks like the German
cockroach found in Florida in 1986
Blattela germanica (German cockroach) Ans✓✓✓ light brown with 2
dark stripes lengthwise
Blattella orientalis (oriental cockroach) Ans✓✓✓ glossy brown to black
roach can't fly
Dermal/subdermal myiasis Ans✓✓✓ tissue-destroying larvae
does insects have a closed or open circulatory system Ans✓✓✓ open
Females of this group are ........................., depositing first instar larvae
rather than eggs. Ans✓✓✓ larviparous
____ species of cockroaches infest houses and effect peoples lives
Ans✓✓✓ 5
_____ species of cockroaches exist in the world Ans✓✓✓ 3500
_____ species of cockroaches occur in the US Ans✓✓✓ 55
_________ is when an arthropod hitches a ride to a resource Ans✓✓✓
phoresy
____________ insects feed specifically on decaying flesh Ans✓✓✓
sarcosaprophagous
______________is a branch of zoology that deals with insects
Ans✓✓✓ entomology
__________lasts from 20-50 days after death, and is when all the
remaining flesh is removed over this period and the body dries out.
Ans✓✓✓ Butyric fermentation
.......% of all described animal species in the world are arthropods
Ans✓✓✓ 80
, A bunch of fly eggs is known as a .............. Ans✓✓✓ clutches
Accidental (pseudomyiasis) Ans✓✓✓ accidental ingestion of eggs or fly
larvae
Ametabolous metamorphosis Ans✓✓✓ eggs yield immature forms
that look like smaller forms of adults. (without change)
Blattela asahinai (Asian cockroach) Ans✓✓✓ looks like the German
cockroach found in Florida in 1986
Blattela germanica (German cockroach) Ans✓✓✓ light brown with 2
dark stripes lengthwise
Blattella orientalis (oriental cockroach) Ans✓✓✓ glossy brown to black
roach can't fly
Dermal/subdermal myiasis Ans✓✓✓ tissue-destroying larvae
does insects have a closed or open circulatory system Ans✓✓✓ open
Females of this group are ........................., depositing first instar larvae
rather than eggs. Ans✓✓✓ larviparous
