Insect Facts

List of Linnaean Questions/Entomological Facts

Typical Linnaean Team Questions

• The specialization of insect bodies into three functional regions is known as:
• Tagmosis

• What does the term "Trichoptera" literally mean?
• Hairy-winged

• In downtown Boston, there is an old historical building called Faneuil Hall, Since 1742, there has been a weathervane on top of the building modeled after an insect. What is the insect model?
• A Grasshopper

• An insect that is a nest mate or parasite of ants is often termed what?
• Myrmecophile

• What is the active ingredient in Cythion?
• Malathion

• Name the contemporary entomologist known for his work on insect thermoregulation and energetics, particularly the hawk moth and the bumble bee.
• Bernd Heinrich

• Charles Darwin likely suffered from what arthropod vectored affliction?
• Chaga's Disease

• Who is generally considered to be the "father of insect pathology" in the U.S.?
• E. A. Steinhaus

• What insect was selected as the symbol of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
• The Monarch butterfly

• What is the form of nitrogen excreted by aquatic insects?
• Ammonia

• What is Dyar's law?
• Growth preceeds by a ratio which is constant for that species

• What is the genetic constitution of female lepidoptera?
• XY

• Name a protein synthesized in the fat body but ultimately stored in the oocyte.
• Vitellogenin

• Who was the first president of the Entomological Society of America?
• J.H. Comstock

• In William Golding's novel - The Lord of the Flies - what family of flies is involved?
• blow flies, or blue-bottle flies, or Calliphoridae

• What three genera are the most important vectors of Jungle Yellow Fever?
• Heamagogus, Sabethes, Aedes

• When was the Hatch Act passed and what did it do?
• The Hatch Act was passed in 1887 and it supported state agricultural experiment stations

• What was the first journal to be devoted to applied entomology in the U.S.?
• The Practical Entomologist

• Some long-horned beetles (Cerambycids) are able to make sounds by stridulation. What body parts are involved in these sound-making activities?
• Two methods: 1) rubbing hind legs along edges of the elytra, 2) rubbing rear edge of one thoracic segment (usually the pronotum) against the front edge of the segment behind it.

• The Entomological Society of Canada was founded in Toronto in 1863. What journal does this society publish and in what year did it start?
• The Canadian Entomologist in 1868

• What is the active ingredient in the insecticide Javelin?
• Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki

• What is the term used to describe the behavior of males which gather together at specific locations for the purpose of attracting females?
• Leking

• Who wrote the book entitled " A Glossary of Entomology? "
• J. R. de la Torre-Bueno

• Pelecinid wasps are parasites of the larvae of what group of beetles?
• June beetles (Scarabaeidae, Subfam.: Melolonthinae, Genus: mostly Phyllophaga)

• Who wrote the book entitled "The Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America"?
• Charles V. Covell, Jr.

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