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| What do most adults in Syphonoptera feed on? |
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| What is an example of plant and insect co-evolution? |
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| Yucca moths and the yucca cactus plant |
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| For most insects, what stage of there life is the most damaging to Agriculture. |
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| What does aposematic coloration mean? |
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| Advertise bright colors as a warning |
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| What is an example of a doesticated insect? |
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How many monarch migrate every year to central mexico? How far do they usually go? |
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100-120 million +2200 miles |
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| What insects are in the order Hymenopter? |
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| What are three characteristics of Hymenoptera? |
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1.Wings jointed by hamuli on anterior edge of hind wing 2. Chewing or chewing-lapping mouthparts 3. Haplodiploid sexual system Males haploid Females diploid |
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What is the stinger derived from? |
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| Ovipositor that is no longe used for laying eggs |
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| What are 3 products given to humans by Hymenoptera? |
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| What are four negative aspects to medical entomology? |
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1.Venoms: bites, stings 2. Vectors of many diseases and parasite 3.Allergies to insects and arthropods 4. Entomophobia |
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What is a vector? What is a pathogen? |
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Organism that can transmit a pathogen from one species to another. bacteria, nematodes, protozoa, viruses |
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| What does the term Mechanical transfer mean? |
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| Pathogen is passively transported from host to host "the germ hitches a ride" |
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| What does the term Biological transfer mean? |
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| life cycle is tied to both vector and host |
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What is the vector for these diseases? Malaria Yellow Fever Plague Encephalitis Sleeping sickness Onchocerciasis |
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Mosquito Mosquito flea mosquitoes tsetse fly black fly |
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| What year was the first case of west nile virus reported in the U.S.A.? |
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| What is the order in which West Nile virus is transferred to human? |
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120 diffferent species of bird Mosquito Horse or Human |
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| What are the four largest insect vectored reasons for death? And what insect is the vector? |
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Malaria-Skeeters Plague-Fleas Typhus-Lice Yellow fever-Skeeters |
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| What happens when you get scabies? |
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| Mite burrowsinto the skin, sores, irritated flesh, itching |
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| Immature mite that lives on the skin mouthparts pierce skin, inject digestive enzymes later drops off and completes life cycle on the ground |
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| Maggots infesting living flesh |
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| What is a severe allergic response to a sting or stings |
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| How many deaths a year are there in the U.S.A. from the order Hymenoptera? |
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What does Entomophobia mean? What is Delusory parasitosis? |
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irrational fear of insects delusion of being attacked internally or externally by insects or small parasites |
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| What is the protein that cleans and disinfects wounds that maggots use? |
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What does the bubonic plague attack in a human? What does the pneumonic plague attack in a human? |
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Lymph nodes and still needs flea to spread the disease Lungs-then spreads airborne |
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| How many people died from the Jusinnian plague? |
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50% England 25% continental Europe 25,000,000 people 3x WWI |
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| What were some effects from the plague? |
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demand rose for ag workers so it gave survivors better wages. overall- social, economic, religious, and political structure of Europe changed |
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| What improvements in sanitation were made due to the plague? (4) |
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Creation of Rat-catchers better sewage and sanitation thatch roofs replaced black rats replaced by wild grey rats, which didn't climb |
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| Is Typhus spread by the bite of a louse or the louse frass? |
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| What would be the best disease for biological warfare? |
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| What was the first war in human history that typhus claimed less lives than combat? |
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| What disease killed Napoleans troops to prompt him to sell the Louisiana purchase? |
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How many cases of Yellow fever are there today? Deaths? |
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| What did the Greco-romans use for warfare projectiles? |
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| What has been the greatest killer of humans throughout history? |
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| Are insect-borne diseases still a problem today? |
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| What was the insect that the Egyptians had a boner for? |
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| What were three things that insects were used as in History |
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1.Agents of a higher power 2.Symbols of good or bad qualities 3.Symbols of rebirth |
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| What does the term biological assessment mean? |
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| using living organisms to assess the condition of a resource, habitat, or ecosystem |
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| What is the most common form for testing biological assessment? |
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Tolerance metrics: What does EPT stand for? |
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Ephemeroptera Plecoptera Trichoptera These orders are known to be intolerant of pollution |
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| What is the Hilsenoff index? |
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based on known tolerance values for an organism scale 1-5 1 Low tolerance 5 High tolerance |
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| What are 5 advantages to bioassessment? |
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1. relatively simple 2. inherent value of biological information 3.detect a variety of disturbances 4. often cost effective 5. Standardized methods have been developed that allow meaningful comparisons between sites under study. |
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| What is the world's diet? |
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94% plant products 6% animal products |
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| What are four advantages of using insecticides? |
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1. Often only control method suitable 2.Effective and fast acting 3. Often economically beneficial 4. Wide variety to chose from. depending on the pest and needs from the producer |
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| What are 5 disadvantages to insecticide use? |
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1.Resistance (>500 species) 2. Resurgence 3. Release of secondary pests that hadn't been a problem 4. Residues in the environment 5. Often nonselective and kills other beneficial species |
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| What are three types of biological control? |
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Classical control Conservation of natural enemies Augmentation of natural enemies |
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| What is an example of Classic biological control? |
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| importing natural enemy to control imported pest |
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| What are three parts of conservation of natural enemies? |
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1. provide refuges or alternate habitat 2. provide alternate hosts 3. selective ise of insecticides that are less toxic to natural enemies |
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| What are three advantages to natural enemy augmentation? |
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1. Very cost effective 2. Efficient and selective 3. Long-lasting |
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| What are 4 disadvantages to natural enemy augmentation? |
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1. Often slow acting 2. Many pests not amenable to biocontrol 3. Natural enemy must be very specific for pest 4. Concern that non-target insects will be attacked |
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| The greatest amount of polarized light from the sun are from what angle? |
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| What are 5 possible reasons for honeybee collapse? |
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Stress Nutrition Pesticides tracheal mites viruses |
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| What are 5 ways insects can resist cold temperature? |
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Shivering Migration to warmer climate Hibernation Freeze avoidance Freeze tolerance |
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| The study of bees and their products |
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| What species of insect lives on the animals in the same herd its entire life? |
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| What are four methods for horn fly control? |
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Ear Tags Pour-ons Self applied chemical rubs Mineral blocks |
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| What are four main processes insects use to fly? |
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Delayed stall and leading edge vortex Rotational circulation Fling and cap Wake recapture |
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