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