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Chelicerata are what?

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Spiders, Mites, Ticks

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Arachnida are…?

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Mites, Ticks, Spiders, Scorpions, Pseudoscorpions

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Class Arachnida>subclass Acari>Family Phytoseidae

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Mites that are predators of spider mites

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Order Ixodida > Family Ixodidae are

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Hard Ticks

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Arachnida>Subclass Acari>Family Tetranychidae are?

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Spider Mites

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Superclass Chelicerata>Class Arachnida>Order Aranae

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Spiders2 body regionsPedipalps6 or 8 eyes

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Superclass Chelicerata>Class Arachnida>Opiliones

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Daddy long legs2 eyesone body tagma8 legs

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Superclass Chelicerata>Class Arachnida>Scorpionida

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Scorpion

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Superclass Chelicerata>Class Arachnida>PseudoScorpionida

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Feed on small arthropods

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Phylum Arthropoda>Subphylum Hexapoda>Class Insecta>Order Ephemeroptera

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MayfliesVertical wings above bodyFurcula springs them into the air

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Phylum Arthropoda>Subphylum Hexapoda>Class Insecta>Order Odonata

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Dragonflies/DamselfliesLarge adultsLeg bases moved forward

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Phylum Arthropoda>Subphylum Hexapoda>Class Insecta>Order Orthoptera

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Grasshoppers Crickets

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Phylum Arthropoda>Subphylum Hexapoda>Class Insecta>Order Orthoptera>Suborder Ensifera

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GrasshoppersJumping hing legsLeatheryBiting/Chewing

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Phylum Arthropoda>Subphylum Hexapoda>Class Insecta>Order Orthoptera>Suborder Caelifera

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CricketsLong antennaeLong ovipositorNocturnal

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Phylum Arthropoda>Subphylum Hexapoda>Class Insecta>Order thysanoptera

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ThripsSmallest knownPunch/Suck mouthparts

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Phylum Arthropoda>Subphylum Hexapoda>Class Insecta>Order Hemiptera

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Half winged insectsRostrumWings membranous or leathery

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Phylum Arthropoda>Subphylum Hexapoda>Class Insecta>Order Hemiptera>Heteroptera

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True BugsPiercing/Sucking

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Phylum Arthropoda>Subphylum Hexapoda>Class Insecta>Order Hemiptera>Suborder Sternorrhyncha

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Piercing/SuckingAphids etc.(Study Notes, too much info)

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Phylum Arthropoda>Subphylum Hexapoda>Class Insecta>Order Coleoptera

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Beetle sheathed wingsChewing mouthpartsLarvae are grubsElytra (Forewings)

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Phylum Arthropoda>Subphylum Hexapoda>Class Insecta>Order Coleoptera>Suborder polyphaga>superfamily Cucujoidea>Family coccinellidae

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Lady beetlesClubbed antennaeBody: Orange, red, yellow with black markingsLong legged larvae that move quick

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Phylum Arthropoda>Subphylum Hexapoda>Class Insecta>Order Lepidoptera

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Butterflies and MothsScale covered wingsCaterpillar larvae (2-5 pairs prolegs)

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Difference between moths and butterflies

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Moths: Nocturnal/Feathery antennae/Wings rooflikeButterflies:Diurnal/Clubbed antennae/Wings vertical

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Lilac leafminer attacks…

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lilac leaves

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Ash borer attacks…

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Attacks Green ash, lilac and poplar

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Spruce budworm attacks...
Attacks white spruce and balsam fir
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Phylum Arthropoda>Subphylum Hexapoda>Class Insecta>Order Hymenoptera
Ants, Wasps, BeesHooked wings
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What is an alitrunk?
Thin connection on Hymenoptera
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What is a Gaster?
Abdomen of a wasp or bee
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Phylum Arthropoda>Subphylum Hexapoda>Class Insecta>Order Hymenoptera>Sub order Symphata
Saw fliesBroad waisted
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Phylum Arthropoda>Subphylum Hexapoda>Class Insecta>Order Hymenoptera>Suborder Apocrita
Wasps and BeesNarrow WaistedLong ovipositor(Females sting)
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Wasp larvae have how many pairs of prolegs?
5 or more
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Phylum Arthropoda>Subphylum Hexapoda>Class Insecta>Order Diptera
2 winged (True flies)
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Diptera Mouthparts
Sucking Mouthparts
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Tachinid flies
Parasitic to insects
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Blow flies
Scavengers living in excrement
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Flower flies
Mimic wasps, honey bees
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What is the crop?
Food Storage, Mechanical Digestion
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What is the Proventriculus?
Mechanical Digestion
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What is gradual metamorphosis?
Nymph to adultExternal Wingpad development
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What is complete metamorphosis?
Larva, pupa, AdultInternal wingpad development
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4 functions of the gut?
IngestionDigestionAbsorptionEgestion
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Stomodeal valve?
Connects foregut from midgut
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Pyloric valve?
Connects midgut to hind gut
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Malpighian Tubes function
Act as the kidney
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Rectal Papillae function
Removal of water from feces
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Fat body function
Waste treatment and removal (Liver)
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Spiracle function
Allows air to enter
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Trachea
Main conduit of air
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Tracheole
Small conduit of air
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Taenidium
Reinforcement of trachea and tracheoles
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Does the reproductive system function in young insects?
No. Only in adults
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Gonads functions
Produce gametes
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Gametes contain what?
ova and sperm
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what is the spermatheca?
Stores sperm in female
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Haplodiploid defiition
Fertilized in femalesUnfertilized in males
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what is a hermaphrodite
Has both gender of gonads
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Parthenogenisis
Reproduction without mating or fertilisation
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Vermiform Larva
MaggotNo legsWorm like
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Scarabaeiform larva
C shapedLarge posterior
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Elateriform Larva
Wire-like
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Campodeiform Larva
mobileLoves to eatFunctional legs
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Eruciform Larva
Pro-legs
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What is an instar?
An immature stage
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Ametabola definition
No or slight change
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Nymph
Immature stage of gradual metamorphosis
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Larva
Immature stage of complete metamorphosis
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Pupa
Non feeding stage in complete metamorphosis
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Imago
Adult stage
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of known species
1.7mil
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of known species in Canada
55,000
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3 major regions of insect
Head, thorax, Abdomen
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Antenna segments from head out
Scape, Pedicel, Flagellum
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Sclerite Definition
Cuticular plate
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A vector does what
Spreads disease from from plant to plant
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What is a pest?
Any organism that interferes with the activities and desires of humans
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What do halteres do?
Aid in flight
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Correct layers of exoskeleton from outside in
Epi, exo, endo
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What forms images?
Stemmata
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What is frass?
Dry waste produced by insects
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The female is haploid or diploid?
Diploid
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Parthenogenesis is...
Asexual reproduction
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Diffusion is what?
Oxygen delivery
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Parthenogenesis is...
Birth without mating or fert.
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Oviposition is...
laying eggs
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Anterior
Front
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Posterior
Back
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Plateral
Sides
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Tergum
Dorsal Plate
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Sternum
Ventral plate
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Dorsal
Top
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Ventral
Bottom
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What is keratin?
Hair
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What are parasitioids?
Lay their eggs in or on an insect
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Reasons for insect success
FlyHigh number of kidsThey don't dry outSmall sizeHave an exoskeleton
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Ocelli are sensitive to....
Short wave light
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Diurnal Definition
Day time
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Nocturnal Def.
Night time
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Direction of Hypognathous mouth
Downwards
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Direction of Opisthognathous mouth
Behind the mouth
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Direction of Prognathous mouth
Forward
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Vestigial meaning
Does not feed
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Location of Labrum
Upper lip
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Location of Labium
Lower lip
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Function of the hypopharynx
Delivers saliva
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3 thoracic segments
Prothorax, Mesothorax, Metathorax
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Parts of a leg from body out
Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia, tarsus
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What are hamuli
Small hooks on the hind wings of Hymenoptera
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What are prolegs
Fleshy legs out of the abdomen
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What is plasma
Fluid portion of the blood
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What is the haemocoel
Houses all organs
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Zygoptera
Damselflies
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Ansioptera
Dragonflies
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Viviporous
Live when born
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What do palps do?
Taste
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Rostrum
Leaves a mark
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Proboscis
Doesn't leave a mark

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