Video Discussion (Laboratory Only)

Question 1

what matters when identifying insects, and what does not?

Answer 1

what matters - external morphology like wings, abdomen, etc
what does not mattercolor shape size

Question 2

most commonly used view for identifying insect

Answer 2

lateral view

Question 3

three major segments of insects

Answer 3

head, thorax, abdomen

Question 4

how many segments does arachnids have?

Answer 4

two

Question 5

3 segments of thorax

Answer 5

pro, meso, meta

Question 6

what segment of the thorax is the first pair of wings connected?

Answer 6

meso

Question 7

what segment of the thorax is the second pair of wings connected?

Answer 7

meta

Question 8

mechanical and chemical sensory receptors of the insect

Answer 8

antennae

Question 9

most basic antennae, looking like strings coming out from it

Answer 9

filiform

Question 10

type of antennae that have little balls attached to each other, coming off like a pearl necklace from the insect

Answer 10

monoliform

Question 11

kind of antennae that has two meanings:
big lobe in front of the face, having a hair stick out of it, or setaceous

Answer 11

aristate or setaceous

Question 12

what insect that has setaceous antennae

Answer 12

mayflies etc

Question 13

kind of antennae that looks like lobster claw coming off the insects face

Answer 13

stylate

Question 14

in what mosquitoes does stylate antennae usually seen?

Answer 14

flies, esp in horseflies

Question 15

a kind of antennae that looks like a filiform but differentiated by a big club at the end, usually seen in butterflies

Answer 15

capitate

Question 16

kind of antennae that looks like monoliform but at the end has thicker and the club is made up of one or more segments; seen in beetles

Answer 16

clavate

Question 17

kind of antennae that looks like a filiform but has triangle looking like a saw

Answer 17

serrate

Question 18

kind of antennae that looks like an exaggerated version of serrate; giant piece of antennal segment coming out

Answer 18

pectinate

Question 19

kind of antennae that has three long segments at the end were elongated that can be pulled in as club

Answer 19

lamellate

Question 20

in what insect are lamellate antennae only seen?

Answer 20

scarerabs

Question 21

kind of antennae that has like a giant fin sticking out of it

Answer 21

flabellate

Question 22

kind of antennae that has long hair; common in male mosquitoes

Answer 22

plumose

Question 23

kind of antennae that has short hair; common in female mosquitoes

Answer 23

pilose

Question 24

kind of antennae that halfway through, has a joint or “elbowed antennae”

Answer 24

geniculate

Question 25

part of antennae that is connected in the head

Answer 25

antennal sclerite

Question 26

antennal segment next to antennal sclerite; the first true segment

Answer 26

scape

Question 27

second true antennal segment

Answer 27

pedicel

Question 28

what antennal segment houses the johnson's organ for sensory cells?

Answer 28

pedicel

Question 29

rest of the antennal segment that is segmented to flagellomeres

Answer 29

flagellum

Question 30

types of mouthparts

Answer 30

mandibular, proboscis, hemipteran beak

Question 31

mouthpart orientations

Answer 31

prognathus (forward mouth), hypognathous (down mouth), opisthognathous (backwards mouth)

Question 32

why do female mosquitoes need to have blood-meal?

Answer 32

lack of protein; they have to get nutrients from host

Question 33

a normal process where female mosquito takes blood-meal to obtain proteins to kick start the metabolism of their reproductive system

Answer 33

anautogenous

Question 34

part of mouth that covers all parts

Answer 34

labium

Question 35

mouth part that holds the skin to open

Answer 35

paired mandible

Question 36

mouthpart that is a tube-like responsible for sipping blood

Answer 36

hypopharynx aka stylet

Question 37

from what mouth part do saliva came from?

Answer 37

hypopharynx

Question 38

mouth part that cuts/pierces through the skin

Answer 38

paired maxillae

Question 39

mouth part that detects where the blood vessels are located

Answer 39

labrum

Question 40

mouth part that cleans the skin debris

Answer 40

labella

Question 41

the process where morphological adaptation occurs due to the harsh environment

Answer 41

convergent evolution

Question 42

difference of walking stick and stick grasshopper

Answer 42

walking stick's feet - faces forward stick grasshopper's feet - faces backward

Question 43

2 major types of eyes of insects

Answer 43

compound eyes, and ocelli eye

Question 44

type of leg: used for predation, has spikey tibia

Answer 44

raptorial

Question 45

type of leg: found in mole crickets used for: digging and burrowing

Answer 45

fossorial

Question 46

type of leg: swimming legs found in aquatic bugs or beetles

Answer 46

natatorial

Question 47

type of leg: jumping leg mainly seen in grasshoppers and cricket

Answer 47

saltatorial legs

Question 48

type of leg: running legs seen in cockroaches, allows them to move quickly

Answer 48

cursorial legs

Question 49

type of leg: creeping or walking legs

Answer 49

gressorial legs

Question 50

part of leg that connects the leg to the body

Answer 50

coxa

Question 51

pretty small leg segment after the coxa

Answer 51

trochanter

Question 52

first long big segment of the leg

Answer 52

femur

Question 53

second long big segment of the leg

Answer 53

tibia

Question 54

toes of the insect

Answer 54

tarsomeres

Question 55

part of leg after tibia; has tarsomeres and cerci

Answer 55

tarsus

Question 56

two type of membranous wing

Answer 56

regular membranous (dont have lots of wingbination) or reticulate (common in dragonfly)

Question 57

type of wing: forewing is leathery, protecting the membranous hindwing from the back

Answer 57

tegmina (seen in cockroach)

Question 58

type of wing: harden shell in the beetles; actually the forewing

Answer 58

elytra

Question 59

type of wing: first half of forewing is hardened in like a thick-leathery texture whereas the other half of the forewing is membranous

Answer 59

hemelytra

Question 60

type of wing: hindwing is completely reduced into a knob-like used as balancing object, like a gyroscope

Answer 60

haltere

Question 61

a wind hooking mechanism that looks like a chew gum (?) coming out of the forewing holding the hindwing

Answer 61

jugum

Question 62

a wind hooking mechanism that looks like a little hook in the forewing but better mechanism that jugum

Answer 62

retinaculum

Question 63

a wind hooking mechanism is a really thick bristle from the hindwing that goes into the forewing and catches the retinaculum

Answer 63

frenulum

Question 64

a wind hooking mechanism seen in wasps and bees, looking like row of hooks in the hindwing that catches the forewing

Answer 64

hamuli

Question 65

a thick vein that runs on top of the wing

Answer 65

coastal margin

Question 66

couple of veins below coastal margin

Answer 66

subcosta

Question 67

where are ears of cricket located

Answer 67

tibia of foreleg

Question 68

where are ears of moth located

Answer 68

side of thorax

Question 69

where are ears of grasshopper located

Answer 69

1st abdominal segment

Question 70

where are ears of praying mantis located

Answer 70

middle of thorax

Question 71

terminal pieces found at the last segment of the insect

Answer 71

cerci