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| Efficiency of conversion of ingested food - the amount of weight an animal gains per weight of food an animal eats. |
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| Worldwide, what determines the most commonly consumed insects? |
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| Those that are available in large quantities (migratory locusts and social species such as termites) |
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| What was the Roman cossus? |
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| An unusual insect delicacy. It was a grub or caterpillar of uncertain identity that was fed with flour. |
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| What is “Bushmen’s rice”? |
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| Actually a kind of ant with a long body and black head. |
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| In Thailand, what is maeng dana? |
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| A giant water bug that is for sale in markets. |
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| Where does most of the insect eating occur in the USA? |
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| West of the Mississippi River |
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| What did V.M. Holt do in 1885 that promoted entomophagy? |
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| Wrote a book titled Why Not Eat Insects. It persuaded people to agree that plant-feeding insects in particular were clean, nutritious, easy to prepare, and superior to other arthropods such as crab or shrimp. |
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| What did R. Kok suggest in 1983 concerning entomophagy? |
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| Insects on board spaceships could provide important protein for travelers. |
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| What did Dr. Gene Defoliart publish concerning entomophagy? |
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| A periodical called Food Insect Newsletter (Univ. of Wisco) which promulgates scientific info on the history, culture, and feasibility of entomophagy. |
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| How do insects play in business law? |
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| Most insect cases involve the liability of an owner or operator of a business for injuries to customers caused by insects or small animals. |
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| What role do insects play in innkeeping law? |
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| Insects figure prominently in cases of infestation of leased dwellings in which their presence represents a violation of an implied warranty of habitability on the part of the landlord. Their presence therefore justifies nonpayment of rent by tenants or serves as grounds for constructive eviction by the landlord. |
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| What was unique and humorous about the judge’s decision in Ben Hur Holding Corp. v. Rox? |
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| Plaintiff complained that cricket infestation meant no rent payments due. The judge reasoned that “while a cricket is technically an insect and a bug, it would appear from the study of his life, that instead of being obnoxious, he is an intellectual little fellow, with certain attainments of refinement and an indefatigable musician par excellence.” |
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| What role do insects play in insurance law? |
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| People run into insects and attempt to collect from insurance companies. In Tracey v. Standard Accident Insurance Co., the plaintiff collected money when an insect flew into his eye while riding a motorcycle. The event was said to be “accidental within the meaning of an accident insurance policy.” |
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| What very special place do honeybees hold in the law? |
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| Because of their economic importance, in some instances they have been recognized as property. |
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| What precedent did the decision in Harris v Elder (1893) set? |
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| Held that owners have no legal right to trespass in order to pursue their bees. If the bees settle, the owner loses out. |
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| Can beekeepers sue pesticide applicators for drift of pesticides onto bees? |
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| Yes, damage is reckoned in terms of how it affects the colony. S.A. Gerard and Co. v. Fricker (1933): damages from insecticide were estimated including value of lost honey, lost seed, and lost fruit crop due to inadequate pollination. |
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| Can insects live off mammal tears? |
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| Yes, sweat too occasionally. |
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| What two different extraction procedures have been developed for getting insects lodged in human orifices out? |
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| Lidocaine and mineral oil. Other methods include shining a light or using suction devices. |
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| What is venom? How does it differ from a poison? |
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| The general term referring to any variety of toxins used by certain types of animals that inject it into their victims by the means of a bite or a sting. Unlike poison, which is ingested or inhaled into the victim's tract, administration of venom is usually directed into the lymphatic system itself for faster action. |
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| Cells which release chemicals, such as histamine, that affect smooth muscles of the vascular system. Histamine is the agent responsible for the swelling, itchiness, redness, and respiratory symptoms associated with allergies. |
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| Early on, what type of people was thought to use entomology in America as a proper pastime? |
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| The idle, the effete, or foppish - those who could find no better way to spend their time. |
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| What was perhaps the first profit-making entomological venture in the USA? |
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| The essay written in 1795 by William Dandridge Peck, titled “The description and history of the cankerworm,” for which he was awarded $50 by the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture. |
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| Who was the “Father of American Entomology”? |
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| Melsheimer was honored as the “Parent of American Entomology” by Thomas Say, but later entomologists prefer to accord Thomas Say himself with that title. |
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| Who was Asa Fitch and why is he remembered? |
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| Probably the first person in North America to be paid on a regular basis to study insects. |
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| In what unique way did Townsend Glover “preserve” insects? |
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| Instead of preserving specimens, he made elaborate copper etchings and distributed them to various institutions. |
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| What was the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 and what did it accomplish? |
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| It set aside 30,000 acres of land per senator and representative in each state for the construction of an agricultural college, which did much to further state interests in entomology. |
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| Who was President of the USA in 1862? |
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| Why is C.V. Riley remembered? |
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| Chief of the U.S. Entomological Commission. He was also the USDA Entomologist after Townsend Glover’s death, and he contributed to the advance of economic entomology by engineering the first successful application of biological control. |
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| What is John Henry Comstock most remembered in entomology? |
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| Contributions to the teaching of entomology |
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| L.O. Howard was thought to have a special gift. What was it? |
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| A gift for conveying entomological information to the public |
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| What was the most widely used inorganic insecticide? |
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| Could be Paris Green or most likely Hydrocyanic acid. |
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| Can fire ant colonies ever contain more than one queen? What happens? |
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| A chlorinated hydrocarbon that was commercialized as an insecticide and later banned because of its impact on the environment. Effective against fire ants |
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| Which end of a fire ant contains the venom? |
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| The poison gland in the stinger, at the tail. (The book states that they sting humans by swinging their abdomens to inject the venom.) |
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| What did E.O. Wilson refer to as the “Vietnam” of insect control? |
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| The attempted eradication of fire ants in the U.S. |
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| Where did fire ants come from to invade the USA? |
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Red fire ant: 1940 from western Brazil and Paraguay
Black fire ant: 1919 from Uruguay, southern Brazil, and eastern Argentina |
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| Which library displays the “French fries from Hell”? |
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| What is the newest sports stadium built on campus? |
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| O'Connell Center or Women's Lacrosse Stadium |
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| Who was the UF President when the Bell Tower construction was begun? |
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| What does “ISIS” stand for? |
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| Integrated Student Information System |
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| What is a pirogue? (pronounced pea-row) |
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| A small, flat-bottomed boat of a design associated particularly with the Cajuns of the Louisiana marsh. In West Africa they were used as traditional fishing boats. |
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| What kind of insect holds the most records? |
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| Which insect has the most toxic venom? |
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| Which insect is the most resistant to pesticides? |
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| Which insect has the smallest adult stage? |
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| A parasitic wasp, Dicopomorpha echmepterygis |
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