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An advantage of galls
they provide the gall maker relative safety from natural enemies
The mechanisms of resistance include:
avoidance, detoxfication and storage in tissues
silk is obtained from the pupal stage of insects in which order
Lepidoptera
A major difference between parisitoids and parasite is that parasitoids dont usually kill their host
false
plants emit the same volatiles when they are heavily pruned with clippers as when they are fed on by an insect
false
The film silence of the lambs features a typewriter that transforms itself into a talking beetle
false
The movie "The Fly" is an example of a film that features metamorphosis and change
true
leaf cutter ants eat the fungi that they grow on the leaves they collect and chew up
true
the vector for lyme disease is ____ and a reservoir for the disease agent is ____.
ticks, deer mice
How can taking antibiotics negatively affect our digestive system
by killing off our beneficial gut bacteria
zoonosis is
a disease of animals that can be transmitted to humans
an insects main line of defense once a pathogen successfully enters its body
hemocytes
an insecticide that is a fumigant enters the insect through the _____/
respiratory/tracheal system
herbivores use plant odors to find their food
true
bark beetles need fungal symbionts for what purpose?
all of the above
food, help overwhelm a trees defenses and to break down woody tissue
where do most microbes live in humans?
in the digestive system
plague is a disease that is no longer in the US
FALSE
The twice-stabbed ladybird beetle was imported into the United States from Korea to control euonymus scale and has since become permanently established. This is an example of what kind of biological control strategy?
Introduction/ classical biological control
the ecological reason that carpet beetles and clothes moths are the last insects to arrive at an animal corpse is
the corpse is dry
what do aphids get from a symbiotic relationship with Buchnera
amino acids to make proteins
Malaria is vectored by male mosquitos
false
Syrphids are a type of wasp that is an efficient pollinator of flowers
false
titan arum plant
produces flower that smells like excrement
all termites and ants are eusocial
true
arsenic was once a common insecticide
true
alarm pheromones can induce an individual honey bee to sting repeatedly
false
a persistent psticide is more likely to cause environmental damage than a non-persistent pesticide
true
which one of the following is not symbolized by bees
deception
if a dead insect has a fuzzy hairy appearance like something growing on it - it was most likely killed by a
fungus
a honey bee swarm will attack when distubred during swarming even when they are at a temp location and have not yet found a permanent home
false
human beings are eusocial
FALSE
Nutritive tissue of galls is free of toxic plant compounds
true
a chronic effect requires a high exposure over a long period of time
false
plants may depend upon which of the following for pollination
wind, water small birds and insects
the vector for plague is ____and the reservoir is ____.
fleas, rodents
potential negative ecological consequences of Bt plants include
all of hte above
geen transfer, effects on nn-target species and resistsnca of target pests
which of the following is NOT a drawback/disadvantage when using pathogens to control pest populations
many are highly host specific
monarch butterflies in the U.S are seriously at risk from transgenic corn expressing Bt
false
adult parisitoids may be predators
true
mosquitoes are the main pollinators of the Arctic Bog Orchid
True
nutritive tissue of galls is free of toxic plant compounds
true
a systemic poison is one that causes damage at the location where the toxin enters the organism
false
M.C Escher portrayed insects in his work using this technique
tesselation
when a group of hemocytes wall-off a large invader to prevent it from infecting the host insect this is called.
encapsulation
ant soldiers are both male and female
FALSE
in which of the following are insects not used as agents of retribution
a bugs life
termite soldiers include males and females
true
you can catch bubonic plague directly from another person
false
many of the insecticides that were developed during and immedately after world war 2 were nerve poisons
true
plague
fleas
mosquitoes
malaria
the job that honey bee male workers perform is based on their size
false
phorid flies are parasitoids of ants
true
hemicellulose presents a formidable barrier for organisms to get access to the cellulose in plants
false
chemical pesticides are never part of an integrated Pest Management program program
false
only one insect species can from a gall on a given plant species
false
clothes moths eat hair and dried skin
true
predators can be generalists but most are specialists
false
Rove beetles eat the decaying tissue of the corpse
false
a systemic poison is one that causes damage at the location where the toxin enters the organism
false
termite colonies
multiple queens
bumble bee colonies
one queen
chemical pesticides are never part of an integrated pest management program
false
scale insects are in the suborder
homoptera
what order does not contain members that are parasitoids
dermaptera
dead caterpillar appears white or very soft, hanging from the top of the plant
virus
gypsy moths become more resistant to baculovirus infection as they age
true
during the day, tobacco plants emit volatile chemicals to attract caterpillars and during the night they emit chemicals to repel parasitoids
false
what pest was the cane toad introduced into australia to control
sugar cane grub
eavesdropping plant hypothesis
sense chemicals produced by other plants being attacked by insects
delusory parisitosis
disorder that people hv when they think their body is filled with tiny tiny bugs
dermaptera
not parisitoids
cellulose
most abundant form of sugar