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What are ovaries, testies, and spermathica?
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Ovaries are the female genetalia, the testies are the male genetalia, and the spermathica is where the sperm is stored within the female.
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What is oviparous?
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a) Eggs laid (protected by oothica)
b) Cockroach eggs |
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What is ovoviviparous?
What is a larvaposit? Example? Benefits? |
a) Retaining eggs until they hatch inside the female.
B) insect inserts larva instead of eggs. c) Fleshflies d) No nutrients from mother |
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What do all bloodfeeders like the tsetse fly have in common?
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They all produce milk
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What are the 3 types/and functions of asexual reproduction?
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1)Polyembryony; zygote divides into clones (parasitic wasps)
2)Parthenogenisis; females are diploid, while sterile males are haploid (hymenoptera) 3)Paedogenesis; Reproduction by immatures (Midges) |
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What is luciferin?
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Cold heat produced by insects for mating/defense
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What are the 4 factors for mating?
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1)mate location, visual, olfactory, and auditory
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Give an example of visual biolumenescence/visual light
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1)luciferin with lightning bugs
2)Colour of wings (lepidoptera) |
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What is olfactory/aggregation?
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odors/pheramones. Aggregation pheramones are used to overwhelm defenses.
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What is auditory and give 3 examples?
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Usually very species specific sounds used to attract mates. Orthops, leps, dipts, and hemipteroids
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o.l.d.h.
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What is a resonating chamber?
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a specialized air chamber used to auditory mating habits/and defense mechanism
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What is intra/inter specific?
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Intra-witin
inter-between species |
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What is a lek?
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A swarm
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What is the purpose of courtship and mating rituals?
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species/sex recognition, mate quality
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What is a spermatophylax?
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big cum bag (up to 20% of males weight within orthoptera)
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