Lecture 10 (only common name - scientific name)

Question 1

bullet ant,

Answer 1

Paraponera clavata

Question 2

black widow spider

Answer 2

Latrodectus mactans

Question 3

tarantula hawk (a wasp)

Answer 3

Pepsis grossa

Question 4

Spanish fly beetle

Answer 4

Lytta vesicatoria

Question 5

Monarch butterflies

Answer 5

Danaus plexippus

Question 6

tongue worm that parasitizes snakes (phytons) while using rodents and smaller vertebrates as their intermediate host.

Answer 6

Armillifer armillatus

Question 7

tongue worm that uses dogs and other canids, and possibly felids as finals hosts.

Answer 7

Linguatula serrata

Question 8

milipede that have been recorded to have the most number of legs with 750 legs with their three cm body.

Answer 8

Illacme plenipes

Question 9

milipede that have been discovered in 2021 with 1,306 legs

Answer 9

Eumilipes persephone

Question 10

recorded to have the most legs among centipedes - with 354

Answer 10

Himantarium gabrielis

Question 11

largest centipede reaching 11 inches in length

Answer 11

Scolopendra gigantea

Question 12

tongue worms that cause a disease that is usually asymptomatic in nature with large numbers of parasites causing multifocal abscesses, masses, or obstruction of ducts in internal organs

Answer 12

Armillifer armillatus

Porocephalus crotali