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what is the most important insect activity for humans?
pollination
female gamete?
pistil (stigma & style)
male gamete?
stamen (anther & filament)
how are pollen grains transferred
wind or by insects
which insects are the best pollinators? why?
honey bees, they're very manageable
tend to visit the same plant species
accessory structures on plants to attract pollinators
petals, fragrances, flowers grouped together, trip wires
honey bee scientific name
apis mellifera
honey bee society
queen bee (lay eggs)
workers (sterile females, do all work, forage for pollen & nectar)
drones (males; mating)
queen bee
royal jelly
maintain order in the hive
pheromone to suppress reproductive development of workers
virgin queens nuptial flight
drone follows pheromone
can mate in flight with a dozen drones
after that never mates again
2 types of bee dances
round dance
wangle dance
how do insects give venom?
stingers
piercing mouthparts
penetration of nettling hairs
fluids on our hands after crushing them
poisoning animals when swallowed
how are they vectors of disease?
pathogens in food
transporting pathogens from filth & dead animals into eyes, lips, etc
putting pathogen in a host animal
into skin, feces, open wound, etc
vector of malaria
mosquito
yellow fever vector
mosquito
dengue vector
mosquito
Encephalitis
mosquito
mosquito order
diptera
mosquito body parts
2 narrow wings
pair of halteres
slender body, long legs
long mouthparts for piercing and sucking
malaria parasite
plasmodium
infects/destroys red blood cells
symptoms of malaria
fever and chills
destruction of red blood cells
perspiration
whats injected into the skin during malaria
sporozoites
merozoites
dengue fever
viral infection
causes skeletal pain, fever, chills
yellow fever symptoms
flu like symptoms, possibly severe hepatitis
bleeding from mouth, eyes, &or stomach
black puke
bloody feces
yellowing of skin (jaundice)
epidemic typhus vector
from lice
endemic typhus
rat flea
typhus symptoms
pain in muscles, headache, fever, chills, coughing
dark rash
confusion
bubonic plague symptoms
high fever
headaches
muscular aching
shaking, chills
pain in groin and armpits (swollen nodes)
infected lungs
early stage of lyme disease
rash, flu-like symptoms
second stage of lyme disease
severe headaches and fatigue, heart palpitations, facial drooping, dizziness, confusion/forgetfulness, prickilly feeling
3rd stage of lyme
WORST headaches
joint/muscle pain, problems w/ nervous system
trouble walking
blindness
what is the kiss of death?
chagas disease, spread by the assassin bug
source of infection for the kiss of death
ingest infected blood of the host animal
symptoms of kiss of death
swelling around bite
enlarged lymph glands
fever
heart damage
paralysis of gut, difficulty swallowing
sever constipation
treatment of kiss of death
just avoid bug bites
IPM
integrated pest management
protect crops
only use chems when necessary
6 steps of ipm
1) identify target
2) understand bio of pest
3) periodic sampling
4) action thresholds
5) choose control tactics
6) evaluate results
killer bee origin
brazil, breed with honey bees, accidentally let out
then went to venezuela, then tx
vbd
vector borne disease
basic insect structure
head, thorax, 3 pairs legs, 1 pr antenna
pathogens
bacteria, virus, fungi, protozoa, worms
role of epa
development of pesticides, release, etc.
role of who
implement, develop, support countries with diseases like malaria etc, get bed net for these people, etc
what does epa stand for
environmental protection agency
what does fda stand for
food and drug administration
endemic definition
a disease that occurs all the time in a specific area of a population
epidemic
appears as new cases in a given population, during a given time! a rate exceeding what is "expected"
what does who stand for
world health organization
most advanced social insect
ant
where is the highest population of lyme disease in the us
northeast
what disease is effected the most by temperature
malaria
necrophagous
eating corpses
부정부패 (-행위)
Irregularities and corruption (- act/ behavior)
coprophagous
insects eat the feces of dead animals
task @ larval stage
eat food
insect blood
hemolymph, without oxygen
what does ccd stand for
colony collapse disorder; worker bees in a colony suddenly disappear
vector of lyme disease =
deer tick