ENT 201 Exam 3 (NCSU) Updated Questions
and Answers (2026/2027) | Practice
Review | A+ Verified
• Describe Calyptra eustrigata, the skin-piercing bloodsucking moth -✓✓feeds on
mammal blood and causes pain/itching
found in malaysia, india, and sri lanka
• Describe Melophagus ovinus, the sheep ked -✓✓wingless, looks like a tick
feeds on sheep and goat blood, very harmful to sheep in terms of weight and wool
quality
native to europe but have spread
• Describe Helaeomyia petrolei, the petroleum fly -✓✓an extremophile found in
oil
• Describe the order Hemiptera -✓✓"half-wing" - first pair is hardened
includes true hoppers, plant parasites, and true bugs (cicadas, aphids, scale insects)
Hemimetabolous paraneopterans
piercing sucking mouthparts
• Describe the praying mantis -✓✓2400 species, part of Mantodea
compound eyes, raptorial legs, tegmina and hindwings, known for their sexual
cannibalism
• Describe Xerces Blue -✓✓North America native with great variation in pattern
and color.
,First insect in america to go extinct due to humans.
• Describe Centipedes -✓✓Chilopoda, Arthropodsa
1 pair legs per segment
carnivorous mouthparts and stabbing forcipules
indirect reproduction through sperm packet
• Describe the order Hymenoptera -✓✓Sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants.
Pollinators
Coupled wing movement
Haplo-diploid sex determination
• Describe the order Lepidoptera -✓✓Paraphyletic moths and Monophyletic
butterflies
holometabolous
Immatures have chewing mouthparts, adults have proboscis
• Delusional parasitosis -✓✓belief that non-existent insects are crawling on or
biting one's body
• urticating -✓✓itching
• why do flies and mosquitoes feed on blood -✓✓it is a good source of protein
needed to produce eggs
, • Black Widow vs Brown recluse identificiation -✓✓black widow - red hour glass,
found in NC
recluse - fiddle and six eyes, not really found in NC
• Black Widow vs Brown recluse damage caused -✓✓Black widow - neurotoxin
recluse - tissue damage by hemotoxin venom
• what is in hymenopteran venom -✓✓it varies between species, but melatin
causes the pain
• the most painful sting in the world -✓✓bullet ant
• the most painful sting in our region -✓✓velvet ant
• most painful bite -✓✓wheel bug
• most toxic venom -✓✓harvester ant
• Anoplura as parasites -✓✓lice
• acarina as parasites -✓✓itch mites and follicle mites
• diptera as parasites -✓✓flies and mosquitoes, parasitism is myiasis (the maggots
invade living tissue)
and Answers (2026/2027) | Practice
Review | A+ Verified
• Describe Calyptra eustrigata, the skin-piercing bloodsucking moth -✓✓feeds on
mammal blood and causes pain/itching
found in malaysia, india, and sri lanka
• Describe Melophagus ovinus, the sheep ked -✓✓wingless, looks like a tick
feeds on sheep and goat blood, very harmful to sheep in terms of weight and wool
quality
native to europe but have spread
• Describe Helaeomyia petrolei, the petroleum fly -✓✓an extremophile found in
oil
• Describe the order Hemiptera -✓✓"half-wing" - first pair is hardened
includes true hoppers, plant parasites, and true bugs (cicadas, aphids, scale insects)
Hemimetabolous paraneopterans
piercing sucking mouthparts
• Describe the praying mantis -✓✓2400 species, part of Mantodea
compound eyes, raptorial legs, tegmina and hindwings, known for their sexual
cannibalism
• Describe Xerces Blue -✓✓North America native with great variation in pattern
and color.
,First insect in america to go extinct due to humans.
• Describe Centipedes -✓✓Chilopoda, Arthropodsa
1 pair legs per segment
carnivorous mouthparts and stabbing forcipules
indirect reproduction through sperm packet
• Describe the order Hymenoptera -✓✓Sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants.
Pollinators
Coupled wing movement
Haplo-diploid sex determination
• Describe the order Lepidoptera -✓✓Paraphyletic moths and Monophyletic
butterflies
holometabolous
Immatures have chewing mouthparts, adults have proboscis
• Delusional parasitosis -✓✓belief that non-existent insects are crawling on or
biting one's body
• urticating -✓✓itching
• why do flies and mosquitoes feed on blood -✓✓it is a good source of protein
needed to produce eggs
, • Black Widow vs Brown recluse identificiation -✓✓black widow - red hour glass,
found in NC
recluse - fiddle and six eyes, not really found in NC
• Black Widow vs Brown recluse damage caused -✓✓Black widow - neurotoxin
recluse - tissue damage by hemotoxin venom
• what is in hymenopteran venom -✓✓it varies between species, but melatin
causes the pain
• the most painful sting in the world -✓✓bullet ant
• the most painful sting in our region -✓✓velvet ant
• most painful bite -✓✓wheel bug
• most toxic venom -✓✓harvester ant
• Anoplura as parasites -✓✓lice
• acarina as parasites -✓✓itch mites and follicle mites
• diptera as parasites -✓✓flies and mosquitoes, parasitism is myiasis (the maggots
invade living tissue)
