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Family Gyrinidae

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“divided eyes” or whirligig Beetles
natatorial middle and hind legs
(water-surface swimmers, predators & scavengers)

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Order Coleoptera

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Beetles
Family Carabidae - fast running (ground beetles) ground predators (often caught in pitfall traps)

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Family Staphylinidae:

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Rove Beetles
(like carabids ground layer predators)
- note characteristic short-elytra

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family Scarabidae

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Scarabs and Dung beetles
some are herbivorous pests others important decomposers
(sacred beetles of Egypt?)
The Japanese beetle is a scarab

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Family Cantharidae

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Soldier Beetles
Very abundant pollen feeders

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Family Lampyridae

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fireflies or lightning bugs
dorsum of males (notes elytra & flight wings)
females have larger light organ

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Family Chrysomelidae:

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leaf beetles
leaf chewers, abundant in prairies.
some are very important agricultural & garden pests

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Family Coccinellidael

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Ladybugs or lady beetles
voracious predators on small insects

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colorado potato beetle

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has become a very damaging worldwide pest of potatoes (“potato bugs”)

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Family Cerambycidae:

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Long-horned Beetles
larvae feed in the stems of trees or other plants

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family Curculionidae:

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weevils or snout beetles
Largest family of living organisms (50,000 spp.)
many are serious pests (“gonzo beetles”

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Order Neuroptera (“Net-winged”)

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lacewings and relatives
very important predators of other insects, both as larvae and adults

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Order Hymenoptera

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bees, wasps, ants

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Family Ichneumonidae

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Ichneumonid wasps
very large family of non-social parasitoids of other insects
long tailed megarhyssa wasp

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family Sphecidae:

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digger wasps
solitary wasps that sting & paralyze prey, put them in burrow, lay egg, grub feeds on the live but paralyzed prey
(Darwin found this repugnant!)

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Family Vespidae:

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Paper wasps or hornets or yellow jackets
eusocial, predators on insect larvae, aggressive but beneficial!

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Family Mutilidae:

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velvet ants (actually are wasps)
Parasites of bumblebee nests
females are wingless

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family Bombidae
FAMILY APIDAE

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bumble bees
honey bees
very important pollinators!

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Family Formicidae:

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Ants
“The little things that run the world” (E.O. Wilson)

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How would you tell an ant from a termite

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Wings
Termites have two sets of wings that are the same length and extend past their abdomen. Ants also have two sets of wings, but their front wings are longer than their hind wings and usually end at the tip of their abdomen.
Antennae
Termites have straight, bead-like antennae, while ants have elbowed antennae.
Body shape
Termites have wide bodies with little to no visible waist, while ants have narrow waists.

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slides of mosquito

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larvae (“wrigglers”)
pupae (“tumblers”)
breathing tubes on each of the above
adults

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Order Diptera:

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flies
sub-order Nematocera
“lower” flies
long, slender bodies
usually aquatic larvae
non-aristate antennae

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Family Culicidae:

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Mosquitos
blood-sucking ectoparasites
many spp are important disease vectors
(Anopheles –> Maloria)

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Family Tipulidae:

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crane flies
the English call these “daddy long legs”

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family chironomidae:
midges larvae are a very important part of the benthic fauna of freshwater habitats
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Family tabanidae:
horseflies and deerflies blood-sucking ectoparasites the reason zebras have stripes
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suborder Brachycera
"higher flies" stout-bodied, aristate antennae
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family Asilidae
robber flies aerial predators in grasslands
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family syrphidae
hover flies or flower flies larvae are important predators on other insects adults are important pollinators batesian mimics of bees and wasps
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"False" and "True" fruit Flies
Drosophilidae - vinegar flies (one of biology's most important model systems) Tephritidae - True Fruit Flies - some very important fruit pests (medfly, e.g.) - some used in biocontrol of weeds - typically have patterned wings
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"Muscid Flies"
important decomposers and scavengers family Muscidae: house flies family Calliphoridae: Blow flies family Sarcophagidae: flesh flies blowfly maggots are the insects most commonly used in forensic entomology blowfly adults are often called "bluebottle flies" or "greenbottle flies"
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Family Tachnidae:
Tachinid Flies - along with the Ichneumonid Wasps, the most important parasitoids of other insects, Ormia lineifrons is an acoustically - orienting parasitoid of calling female katydids
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Order Lepidoptera
butterflies and moths family saturniidae: giant silkworm moths luna moth Polyphemus Moth Polyphemus is the one-eyed giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes described in Homer's Odyssey.
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Family Geometridae:
inchworm moths the inchworm larvae "measure" their path, thus "geometers" adults usually have pastel colors with lots of lines on the wings
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Family noctuidae
owlet moths our largest family, often gray or brown ("millers") the big one is the black witch
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Family Sphingidae:
Sphinx, Hawk, or Hummingbird Moths "Hornworm" caterpillars can be pests, important pollinators as adults
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Family Papilionidae
Swallowtails - giant swallowtail - zebra swallowtail - black swallowtail - tiger swallowtail
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Family pieridae
whites and sulphurs many common species, with pastel colors the term "butterfly" is believed to have originated from the bright yellow color of "sulphur" butterflies
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How to tell a monarch and viceroy apart?
The main visual difference between the viceroy and monarch butterfly is the black line drawn across the viceroy's hind wings, which monarch butterflies do not have. The viceroy is also a bit smaller than the monarch.
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viceroy and red-spotted purple
in the same genus
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Family Nymphalidae
brush-footed butterflies - (front legs are modified to become short sensory palps) Large family - often red, brown, or orange in color greatest # of species
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Family Hesperiidae
skippers small, robust-bodies hooked antennae (often golden or charcoal grey) were considered intermediate between moths and butterflies, are now considered to be true butterflies
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How would you tell a flea from a louse?
Fleas are much larger than lice, making them easier to spot. Their bodies are rounded, and their legs are shorter than their bodies. When they suck blood, they become larger and darker.
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Order Siphonaptera
Fleas Blood-sucking ectoparasites (oriental rat flea) Xenopsylla cheopis is the most important (not the only) vector of plague Pulex irritans is the Human Flea (The cat flea is what gods and cats usually get)
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Pulex irritans -->
human flea
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Ctenocephalus felis -->
Cat flea (also the commonest flea on dogs)
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Order Siphonaptera
fleas Xenopsylla cheopis is the most important vector of bubonic plague
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list as many species as you can that have provided evidence in "Forensic Entomology"
flies mosquitos spiders-webs maggots blue bottle fly
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what was the first case in which insect evidence is said to have revealed the perpetrator of a crime?
13th century Chinese village - a sickle attracted flies even after cleaning
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How did insect body fragments factor into a British drug-dealing case?
insect fragments were species that were only found in Thailand while the men claimed the pot was grown in New Zealand
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how are blood sucking insects used in entomolgy
may contain the perpetrator's blood or drug fragments
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how do maggots reveal the time of death of a murder victim
the age of the maggots can determine how long ago the death occurred
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what factors affect the speed of development of maggots?
temperature
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what odd form of locomotion do "cheese skipper" maggots exhibity
they "spring" off of the corpse
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how can insects be used to reveal the place of death?
native insects belonging to the crime scene
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How can the absence of insects be an important clue
it can reveal how quickly the body was buried accidental or premeditated
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how are herbivorous insects such as caterpillars used in forensic entomology?
the silk is only spun during a specific time of year if they're found on the body it indicates the time of death can be found in burs - maturation level
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How have aquatic insects been used in forensic entomology
black fly larvae secure themselves to hard surfaces, spin silk cocoons, and then emerge in April can tell what time of year the crime was committed leeches attached to knife
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how did paper wasps help determine the time of a crime
the paper wasp nest was found in the skull, meaning it had to have been free of flesh & placed the time of the murder
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how can insects still provide evidence even when a corpse is completely dried out?
- the larvae of moths and beetles feed on mummified body the laying and hatching of fly eggs on fresh corpse revealed death in May

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