Multiple Choice Questions for County/Area 4-H/FFA Contest - 2003

41. Which of the following insects has sponging mouthparts:

a. crane fly

b. stable fly

c. robber fly

d. none of the above

42. Honey bees often sting multiple times.

a. true

b. false

43. Which of the following is considered a social wasp/bee?

a. bumble bee

b. carpenter bee

c. mud dauber wasp

d. cicada killer wasp

44. The Asian lady beetle overwinters as:

a. eggs

b. larvae

c. pupae

d. adults

45. In Indiana, the most common flea species found on dogs is the:

a. cat flea

b. dog flea

c. human flea

d. oriental rat flea

46. Boxelder bugs overwinter as:

a. eggs

b. nymphs

c. adults

d. both a and c

47. Which of the following is most likely to be found in a dead decomposing skunk?

a. tick

  1. stink bug
  2. house fly
  3. dermestid beetle

48. Elm leaf beetle eggs are laid:

  1. under bark of elm trees
  2. underside of elm leaves
  3. in leaf litter next to elm trees
  4. in soil around elm trees

49.Adult male stable flies will suck blood.

a. true

b. false

50. Which of the following insects have “stinging hairs”?

  1. ichneumon wasp
  2. thrips
  3. saddleback caterpillar
  4. all of above

51. Which of the following scale insects produce honeydew?

a. cottony maple scale

b. tuliptree scale

c. both a and b

d. neither a nor b

52. Hog lice feed on:

a. hogs only

b. hogs and cattle only

c. several species of warmblooded animals

d. hogs and sheep only

53. Japanese beetles overwinter as:

  1. adults under bark or protected places
  2. eggs
  3. larvae
  4. pupae

54. Which of the following can you often find in a firewood

pile?

  1. longhorned beetle
  2. sowbug
  3. termite
  4. all of the above

55. The primary food for carpenter bee larvae is:

  1. spiders
  2. pollen
  3. predigested wood pulp
  4. honeydew

56. Cattle grubs are a type of:

a. bee

  1. beetle
  2. fly
  3. Crustacea

57. Damage to trees by the periodical cicada is caused by:

  1. feeding of the foliage by the nymphs
  2. feeding of the roots by the nymphs
  3. feeding of the foliage by the adult cicadas
  4. adult female cicadas laying their eggs

58. Which of the following lice have chewing mouthparts?

  1. hog louse
  2. human head louse
  3. chicken louse
  4. shortnosed cattle louse

59. Which one of these is not characteristic of termites?

  1. They have two pairs of equal size wings when

present

  1. They have a slender ‘waist” between the

abdomen and thorax

c. They have chewing mouthparts

d. They have filiform antennae

60.Which of the following is not a true insect?

  1. sawfly
  2. earwig
  3. sowbug

d. antlion