Chapter 10 - Medically-Important Insects and Other Arthropods

Question 1

Yellow jackets over winter in the northwest as:
A. Eggs.
B. Larvae.
C. Workers.
D. Inseminated new queens.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

African bees are:
A. Dangerous because they can sting multiple times.
B. A different species than the standard honey bee.
C. Not particularly dangerous.
D. Dangerous because they can release a particularly efficient alarm pheromone that results in many bees attacking a victim.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Spiders have:
A. Three pairs of legs and two distinctive body regions.
B. Four pairs of legs and two distinctive body regions.
C. Four pairs of legs and three distinctive body regions.
D. Three pairs of legs and three distinctive body regions.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The brown recluse spider is found:
A. Only in western Idaho.
B. Only in the southwestern states.
C. In southeastern states.
D. Only in eastern Idaho.

Answer 4

C

Question 5

Yellowjackets:
A. Re-use their nests each year.
B. Only use underground nesting sites.
C. Start new nests each spring.
D. Sometimes re-use their nests in the spring.

Answer 5

C

Question 6

West Nile virus is found:
A. Only in humans.
B. Only in birds.
C. In horses, humans, and certain birds.
D. Only in horses.

Answer 6

C