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Really Bugging Me

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Insects : Really Bugging Me

Introduction:
"This quiz is on a variety of insect topics. Some questions are a little easier than others. I hope you learn something new!"


1. When butterflies emerge from their chrysalis, they hang upside down for a time. Why is this?
    This is the direction they develop and they must readjust.
    They are strengthening their legs before they leave home.
    They are still too vulnerable to go to far from the chrysalis opening.
    They are taking advantage of gravity.


2. Where is the tympanum or ?eardrum? located on a cricket?
    on the leg
    in the abdomen
    on the antennae
    on the head


3. What is the hard purse-like egg container that a cockroach produces called?
    Realia Nastia
    Ootheca
    dimorphism
    oothovule


4. The tarantula hawk is the world's largest known wasp. What is the reason behind its name?
    The females use spiders to hatch their eggs.
    They are a tarantula's favorite meal.
    They have large hairy bodies that resemble the tarantula.
    They are from the same family as the tarantula.


5. What is the purpose of a proboscis?
    to flex their wings
    to land with
    move their antennae
    to feed


6. Bedbugs are an actual insect, not just a children's myth.
    True
    False


7. Honeypot ants have a special behavior that helps them survive in very dry areas. Which of these is it?
    They dig small ?wells? to collect and store water during the rains.
    Part of the colony is used as living vases.
    They dig their colonies under the sides of small lakes.
    They live in the trees and take fluids from the leaves.


8. Some insects have gills to breathe under water like a fish.
    True
    False


9. Which of these insects did the ancient Egyptians compare to their sun god, Ra?
    scarab beetle
    locust
    demosis beetle
    glowworm


10. Some insects, such as butterflies, go through complete metamorphosis. Other insects, such as dragonflies, go through incomplete metamorphosis. Which statement about the two types of metamorphosis is true?
    Complete metamorphosis occurs more quickly than incomplete.
    Complete metamorphosis usually involves several molts. After each molt the wing buds develop further.
    In incomplete metamorphosis the insect hatches looking just as the adults do.
    Incomplete metamorphosis occurs entirely during the larval period.


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