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