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A) 7–50 millimetres (1⁄4–2 inches) B) 10–100 millimetres C) 5–30 centimeters D) 1–3 inches
A) American burrowing earwig B) European common earwig C) Australian giant earwig (Titanolabis colossea) D) Saint Helena earwig (Labidura herculeana)
A) 100 mm B) 60 mm C) 78 mm (3+1⁄16 inches) D) 50 mm (2 inches)
A) Antennae B) Ovipositors C) Tegmina D) Cerci
A) For digging burrows B) To capture prey, defend themselves and fold their wings under the short tegmina. C) For sensing vibrations D) For mating rituals
A) Feathered and multi-segmented. B) Thread-like with at least 10 segments. C) Spike-like with over 20 segments. D) Clubbed with fewer than 5 segments.
A) None of the above B) Only Karschiellidae and Pygidicranidae C) All earwig families D) Karschiellidae, Pygidicranidae, Diplatyidae, Apachyidae, Anisolabisidae, and Labiduridae.
A) Labiduridae B) Apachyidae C) Pygidicranidae and Diplatyidae. D) Karschiellidae
A) For sensing light B) To cover the hindwings like the elytra of a beetle. C) For flying long distances D) For swimming
A) Neodermaptera B) Dermaptera C) Pygidicranidae D) Arixeniina and Hemimerina.
A) They are brightly colored B) They have scales like butterflies C) Their venation and pattern of folding that requires the use of the cerci. D) They can regenerate if damaged
A) It consists of a brain, subesophageal ganglion, three thoracic ganglia, and six abdominal ganglia. B) It lacks any ganglia C) It has only one large central ganglion D) It is similar to that of mammals
A) Gastric caecae. B) A midgut C) A hindgut D) An esophagus
A) Behind the seventh abdominal segment. B) At the front of the abdomen C) Near the antennae D) On the thorax
A) No ovaries B) Monotrophic C) Diploid D) Polytrophic, with nurse cells and oocytes alternating along the length of the ovariole.
A) Australia. B) Antarctica. C) North America. D) Africa.
A) Five molts. B) Seven molts. C) No molts, they hatch as adults. D) Three molts.
A) In the Jurassic period. B) In the Paleozoic era. C) In the Triassic period. D) During the Cretaceous period.
A) Orthoptera. B) Polyneoptera. C) Hemiptera. D) Coleoptera.
A) Greek, meaning 'skin wings'. B) Latin, meaning 'winged insects'. C) French, meaning 'ear bugs'. D) German, meaning 'pincer creatures'.
A) Brought over by early settlers from Asia. B) Native to North America. C) From Europe in 1907. D) Introduced from Australia.
A) Over 100 species. B) Less than 10 species. C) About 25 species. D) Exactly 50 species.
A) 25 species. B) 45 species. C) 100 species. D) 60 species.
A) Forficulidae. B) Spongiphoridae. C) Labiduridae. D) Anisolabididae.
A) 'Pincer insects'. B) 'Nocturnal flyers'. C) 'Skin wings'. D) 'Ear bugs'.
A) Incomplete metamorphosis B) No metamorphosis C) Complete metamorphosis D) Hypermetamorphosis
A) In open fields B) Underwater C) Debris, crevices, or soil D) On tree leaves
A) Triangular B) Oval-shaped C) Square D) Round
A) Solitary B) Communal C) Social D) Non-social
A) After the first molt B) Yes C) No D) Only after hatching
A) Crepuscular B) Nocturnal C) Cavernicolous D) Diurnal
A) Forficula auricularia B) Anisolabis maritima C) Labidura riparia D) Doru taeniatum
A) Jumping B) Revolving the abdomen C) Flicking its tail D) Spinning in circles
A) Forests B) Grasslands C) Caves D) Deserts
A) Migrating long distances B) Building nests C) Forming swarms D) Hibernating
A) Near Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK B) On the island of Hawaii C) In the Amazon rainforest D) In the Sahara Desert
A) Fish B) Birds C) Dogs D) Cats
A) Tachinid flies B) Flea larvae C) Grasshopper larvae D) Maggots
A) Triarthria setipennis B) Ocytata pallipes C) Mermis nigrescens D) Vespula maculifrons
A) Cicada killer B) Paper wasp C) Yellow jacket (Vespula maculifrons) D) European hornet
A) Roundworm (Mermis nigrescens) B) Fluke C) Tapeworm D) Hookworm
A) 50 B) 100 C) 26 D) 10
A) Histiostoma polypori B) Dust mites C) Tyroglyphoid mites D) Scarlet acarine mites
A) Archidermaptera B) Neodermaptera C) Hemimeridae D) Arixeniidae
A) Wings B) Compound eyes C) Antennal heart D) Pincers
A) Five-segmented B) Four-segmented C) Six-segmented D) Three-segmented
A) Blattodea B) Plecoptera C) Notoptera D) Dictyoptera
A) Embioptera B) Zoraptera C) Notoptera D) Phasmatodea
A) Digestive B) Circulatory C) Reproductive D) Respiratory
A) Orthoptera B) Coleoptera C) Hemiptera D) Dermaptera
A) Biting-type B) Siphoning-type C) Piercing-sucking-type D) Chewing-type
A) Variable presence B) Partially present C) Present D) Absent
A) Hemimerina B) Neodermaptera C) Forficulina D) Arixeniina
A) Living in South American jungles B) Found in African deserts C) Discovered on a Malaysian hairless bulldog bat D) Native to European forests
A) Charles Darwin B) Carolus Linnaeus C) Alfred Russel Wallace D) Karl Jordan
A) Viviparous ectoparasites B) Free-living and non-parasitic C) Endoparasites with segmented cerci D) Oviparous ectoparasites
A) 10 B) 15 C) 5 D) 20
A) Circular holes in leaves B) Stem girdling C) Root rot D) Cup-shaped bite marks
A) Henry Charles Ewing B) Harold Chester Evans C) Hugh Calvin Edwards D) Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker
A) "The Caterpillar" B) "Boomerang" C) "Switch On The Light" D) "A Century Of Creepy Stories"
A) Alfred Hitchcock Presents B) Tales from the Crypt C) Night Gallery D) The Twilight Zone
A) "Fighting-antenna" B) "Battle-twig" C) "Combat-bug" D) "War-worm"
A) The Spinster's Sweet-Arts B) Ulysses C) The Lady of Shalott D) In Memoriam A.H.H.
A) Kenta Takada B) Yasuo Tanaka C) Takashi Sato D) Hiroshi Nakamura |