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106 Cards in this Set
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Resemblance of an organism to some other organism or object is:
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Mimicry
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Natural Selection is the:
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Change in the frequency of genetic traits in a population through differential survival of individuals bearing those traits.
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Example of Natural Selection:
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Moth changing from pale to dark because pollution changed the color of tree bark.
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Resemblance of an edible species (mimic) to an unpalatable species (model) to deceive predators is:
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Batesian mimicry
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Example of Batesian mimicry:
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Viceroy (non-toxic) is the mimic and Monarch (toxic) is the model
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Mutual resemblance of two or more unpalatable species to enhance predator avoidance is:
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Mullerian mimicry
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Example of Mullerian mimicry:
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Two South American butterfly species look the same in 5 different geographic locations.
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Resemblance of an organism to its background is:
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Crypsis
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Example of Crypsis:
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Dead leaf butterfly has outer wings that look like leaf and has inner wings that are bright colors.
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Nemoria arizonaria mimic _____________.
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What they eat. In the spring they eat oak flowers and mimic the flowers. In the summer they eat oak leaves and mimic twigs.
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Two ways the passion vine and butterflies interact:
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1. Passion vine leaves mimic each other to confuse butterflies
2. Passion vine makes "mimic eggs" on leaf |
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Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta Order: _________ Common Name: Mantis/ mantids |
Mantodea
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Mantis means:
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Prophet
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Mantodea has ____________ metamorphosis.
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Incomplete
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Mantodea have _____________ mouthparts.
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Chewing
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Mantodea have __________ forelegs.
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Raptorial
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Mantodeas eating habits are _________.
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Carnivorous
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Mantodea lay their eggs in an ________.
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Ootheca
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Mantids can "hear" the sonar of ________.
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Bats
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Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta Order: _____________ Common Name: Walking sticks |
Phasmida
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Phasma means:
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Apparition
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Phasmida have __________ metamorphosis.
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Incomplete
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Phasmida have a _________ and ________ body.
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Long; slender
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Phasmida eat ___________.
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Plants
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Phasmida _________ when threatened.
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Feign death
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Caterpillars avoid birds in 4 ways:
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-Look like a leaf or a twig
-Eat leaf symmetrically ("no damage") -Hide behind leaf while eating -Eat part of leaf, then clips it off ("no damage") |
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Who got his PHD at UGA in 1979 and is known for ethnoentomology of the kayapo of Central Brazil?
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Darrell Posey
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Percent of deaths of Kayapo from dysentery is _____.
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24%
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Percent of deaths of Kayapo from malaria is _____.
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18%
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Main pests of Kayapo people are _____________.
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Mosquitoes (body paint)
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Kayapo people eat ________, ______________, ____________.
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Ants, bee larvae, wasp larvae
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Kayapo use of insects (3):
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-Place ant colony near crop
-Cultivate ant plants -Wasp colony in banana tree |
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Young Kayapo men hit a large __________ to acquire the power of the ________.
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Wasp nest; wasp
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Australian aborigines eat ____________. They belong to the order ____________.
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Beetle larvae; coleoptera
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In New Guinea the Sago Palm provides:
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Starch (80% calories) and larvae of capricorn beetle (protein snack)
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Chinese female runners eat:
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Winter bug, summer grass and caterpillar with fungus
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Robert Frost's poems about insects:
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-Fireflies in the garden
-Design (spider/moth) -Departmental (ants) |
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____________ was written about the Bubonic Plague (fleas).
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"Ring around the Rosie"
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________ taught Entomology 2010 at Washington State, farside, insects in cartoons (more in winter).
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Gary Larson
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Rimsky-Forsafov wrote _____________________.
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"Fligh of the Bumble Bee"
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Maria Merian combined ____ and _________. She painted ________, ________ and ______ with hostplant.
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Art and entomology; Larvae, pupae and adults
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Greatest Insect Movie:
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-THEM (1954): Giant ants mutated by H-bomb invade LA sewers
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Estimate postmortem interval is based on _________ development. What order does this insect belong to?
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Blow fly; diptera
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Case study in Oregon (rifle fired at party):
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-Neighbor was killed
-Body found 1 month later -Insect evidence set time of death |
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Case study child abuse:
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-Young children suffering from abuse and neglect brought to the hospital
-Difficult to prosecute parents -Anal and genital areas had fly maggots -Larval age = 5 days -Diapers had not been changed for 5 days -Similar examples with elderly patients |
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Case study Chicago (woman raped by man in ski mask):
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-Suspect had a mask in apartment
-Suspect: "mask had not been worn" -Burrs in mask (and at crime scene) -Small caterpillar in burrs -Life cycle of moth: eggs laid in summer -Mask had been outside in last 6 monts |
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Class: _________
Subclass: ______ Common Name: Ticks and Mites |
Arachnida; Acari
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Ticks and Mites two main body parts are __________ and ____________.
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Cephalothorax; Abdomen
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Lyme Disease
Vector: ____________ Disease Agent: __________ Disease Agent Genus Name:_________ |
Deer tick; Bacterium; Borrelia
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_______ ticks are much smaller than _______ ticks.
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Deer; dog
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Vector:_____________ Disease Agent: ___________ Disease Agent Genus Name: __________ |
Dog tick; Bacterium; Rickettsia
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Class: _________
Subclass: _______ Common Name: Scorpions |
Arachnida; Scorpiones
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Characteristics of scorpions:
Scorpion bites are no problem, scorpion stings are a problem. Sting with their ______, which contains _______. |
Tail; venom
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Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: ___________ Subclass: ________ Common Name: Spider |
Arachnida
Araneae |
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Spiders have two main body parts: ____________ and ____________.
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Cephalothorax and abdomen
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Spiders have _____ legs, produce _______ and ________.
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8; silk; venom
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Male spiders deliver sperm with _______ (modified mouthparts).
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Palps
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Bolas spider makes a hard ball of _________, produces a ______ sex pheromone, then captures _____ moths of the same species.
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Mucous; moth; male
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Large-jawed spider males produce ______ in abdomen and transfer it to a special web and then to the ______ on his cephalothorax.
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Sperm; palps
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Jumping spider males attract females with a mating ______ where he puts her in a "________" with _______ leg movement.
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Dance; trance; front
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Orb weaver creates zig zag cross strands in their web called ______________.
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Stabilimentum
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Stabilimentum warns ______ so they won't fly into the web.
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Birds
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Black widow spiders have a red _________ on their abdomen.
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Hourglass
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Brown recluse's venom causes ______________.
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Skin necrosis
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Silkworm larvae make a cocoon of _______ and feed only on __________ (hostplant).
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Silk; mulberry
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Silk is a __________.
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Protein
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_____________ worked with cloning spider silk gene.
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Randy Lewis
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Order: __________
Common Names: ants, bees, wasps |
Hymenoptera
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Hymeno means:____________
Ptera means: ___________ |
God of Marriage (refers to union of fore and hind wings); wings
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Hymenoptera have __________ metamorphosis, __________ mouthparts and _______ pair of membranous wings.
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Complete; chewing; two
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The female select the ________ of the young. If the female fertilizers the egg it will be a _________ and if it is not fertilized it will be a __________.
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Sex; female; male
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Hymenoptera is the most ________ order.
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Beneficial
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Hymenoptera have _________ wings that fold back. ______ wings that are hooked to ________ wings. Wings beat as if _____ pair.
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Compact; back; front; one
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The velvet ant is a ___________.
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Solitary wasp
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Mud dauber wasps build nests with _______, put live _________ in the nest cells for larva and lay _____ egg per cell.
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Mud; spiders; one
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____________ studies plant damage is signals parasitic wasp (cut grass smell)
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Joe Lewis
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Female blueberry bee collects pollen by "___________" (sonicates) plants.
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Buzzing
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______ (male bees) result when a female lays an unfertilized egg.
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Drones
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_____ (female bees) result when a female lays a fertilized egg.
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Worker bees
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___________ is in the venom of the honey bee sting. It blows up human ______, which makes it spread more quickly.
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Melittin; cells
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__________ is the self-destructive behavior performed for the benefit of others.
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Altruism
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Aficanized bees were brought from ______ in 1956. They are more __________ and are now in ____________ states.
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Brazil; aggressive; South Western
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_________ is the transfer of pollen from anthers (male) to stigma (female).
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Pollination
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___ % of all plants are pollinated by insects
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70
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Hammer orchid and solitary wasp relationship:
Flower is shaped like a ______________ and gives off the scent of a female wasp __________. The male wasp tries to _______ with the flower. The hinged flower swings the male wasp into _______. The male wasp pollinates the next orchid. |
Female wasp; pheromone; mate; pollen
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Lily and blow fly relationship:
Flower smells and looks like a ________. Blow fly is attracted the the flower and becomes trapped. The flies are dusted with ________. The surviving flies pollinate the next lily they come to. |
Corpse;pollen
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There are __ species of yellow jackets in Georgia. There are __ species of hornets in Georgia. There are __ species of paper wasps in Georgia.
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2;2;5
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The paper wasp nest is composed of two things:
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Paper (chewed plant fiber) and glue (protein from wasp saliva)
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Paper wasp apply __________ to base of nest to repel ants. These are called "________________."
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Fatty acids; funeral compounds
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Only _________ wasps sting. The stinger, at the end of the abdomen, is a modified __________.
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Females; ovipositor
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___________ and ___________ are the two types of hornets in Georgia.
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Baldfaced and European hornet.
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Baldfaced hornets live in a _________ nest. European hornets live in a ________ nest.
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Bag; Hidden
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Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta Order: _________ Family: _________ Common Name: Fire Ants |
Hymenoptera; Formicidae
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Fire ants originated from __________ and entered the U.S. through ________________.
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South America; Mobile, AL
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There are _______ species of fire ants. They are:
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2; red; black
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Fire ants are attracted to ________________.
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Electric circuits
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___________ and fire ants compete for the same food. If the fire ants are present then the _____________ do not do well.
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Blue birds; blue birds
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Only the 4th Instar larvae can eat ________.
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Solids
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Ants, bees and wasps recognize their nestmates through __________________.
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Unique patterns of cuticular hydrocarbons
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______________ is the exchange of liquid between members of a colony.
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Trophallaxis
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What insects are members of the order Hymenoptera ?
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- Wasps
- Bees - Yellow jackets - Hornets - Ants |
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The study of ants is called _________________.
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Myrmecology
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Weaver ants make nests made of _______ bound together with silk made from ant _______.
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Leaves; larvae
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Leaf cutter ants are also called __________ ants.
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Parasol
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Cecropia plants and ___________ ants have a symbiotic relationship.
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Azteca
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Cecropia provides _____________ for Azteca ants; the Azteca ants live in the _______ of the Cecropia plants.
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"Sugar packets"; stems
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