Entomology Exam 3

As populations increase, the likelihood of disease spreading also increases. What is this relationship called?

Density dependent effect

Polymorphism is another term for:

Different body shapes and sizes within the same species

What was the function of symbionts that live in termite guts?

Digestion of cellulose (wood)

Polyethism is a term that describes behaviors by caste members which are a result of:

Division of labor by age or behavior

What is the economic threshold or ET?

Dollars spent treating a pest

In its native range, a potential disease organism is called ____________ and resides in a _____________?

Endemic... reservoir

What is the state insect of Oklahoma?

European Honey Bee

Regarding long-term control of an insect pest, the greatest problem with using chemical methods to manage a pest is:

Extinction of the pest, buildup of resistance to the pesticide

In a food web, which of the following would be considered a primary consumer?

Grasshopper

Which of the following is NOT a required characteristic of eusocial insects?

Haplodiploidy sex determination

When a honeybee queen lays an unfertilized egg, the resulting offspring is:

Haploid and a male Drone

What happens when a male honeybee mates with a female?

He dies

Maggots were found in wounds of soldiers from Napoleon's time as well as in World War I. What did they do to the wound?

Helped it heal

All of the following are reasons immature insects congregate or "associate" except:

Hitchhiking

Antibiotics would be best suited for treatment of which of the following?

Bubonic Plague

When a person sneezes, the response "bless you" may have originated in response to which insect-vectored disease?

Bubonic Plague

Monocultures are grown throughout the United States. What is a monoculture?

Cultivation of a single crop in a region

The best way to treat yellow fever is:

Getting vaccinated before exposure

What is it called when another species (such as a beetle, fly, or cockroach) lives in the colony and exploits the resources of social insects?

Inquiline

What can a drone honey bee only do once?

Mate

In the United States, Memphis, Tennessee was the site of the last large scale epidemic of Yellow Fever. Which was the vector involved?

Mosquito

With pesticides, the NOAEL is:

The amount that causes no observable effect

Africanized "killer bees" are best described as _____________.

A hybrid species

In the winter, groups of box elder bugs move into your house to stay warm. The group does not feed or mate but instead aestivate together. What are these insects demonstrating?

An association

For the disease bubonic plague, which of the following is the pathogen?

Bacteria

What is the pathogen of Lyme disease?

Bacteria

What is the pathogen of the tick-transmitted disease known as Lyme disease?

Bacteria

Which of the following does not exhibit eusociality?

Bess beetles living in logs

Which of the following insects can be a pest?

Black Widow Spider, Chiggers, etc

Considering honey bees and ants, which of the following statements is true?

Both are eusocial, with complete metamorphosis.

Which of the following is a form of cultural control?

Burning crop remnants after harvest

In the disease cycle of Chagas disease, which of the following is the vector?

Kissing bug

What is myiasis?

Maggot infestation

Humans have contributed to colony collapse disorder in which of the following ways?

Migratory bee keeping, using pesticides, etc

What is the vector of encephalitis?

Mosquito

Which of the following is the vector of the disease malaria?

Mosquito

Chickungunya is a disease that has spread to the Caribbean from Africa; the name refers to being bent over in pain. What organism transmits this disease to humans?

Mosquitoes

Why does where you live determine how many months per year your dog gets heartworm medicine?

Mosquitoes are active only during warm periods

Elephantiasis is a result of infection by this organism:

Nematodes

An insect which has its larva develop inside of another insect and which kills that insect when it emerges is called a:

Parasitoid

What is the pathogen in the disease cycle of Chagas disease?

Protist

What is the host in the disease cycle of bubonic plague?

Rat / Human

A female beetle tunnels into a tree and lays her eggs in a protected area. She then leaves. This behavior is an example of :

Reproductive association

What can a worker honey bee only do once?

Sting

You find a colony of insects around the foundation of your house. You collect a couple. How do you reliably tell if the insects you collected are ants, not termites?

Termites have straight antennae and a wide connection between thorax and abdomen

How do slave-maker ants make slaves?

The slave-maker queen kills the other colony's queen

All of the following are characteristics of termite workers, EXCEPT:

They are all female

The exchange of chemicals via exchange of bodily fluids that provides the essential communication among social insects is called:

Trophollaxis

What is the pathogen (disease agent) responsible for Yellow Fever?

Virus

Honeybee foragers come back to the hive and communicate the direction of flowers that are more than 30 meters away. They move in a direction based on the angle of the sun and they do a figure 8. What is this dance called?

Waggle Dance