Entomology CDE

Senior Exam- Area 2009

  1. Cockroaches that are found in warm, dark, moist areas, such as home basements and sewers, are most likely ______.
  2. American cockroaches
  3. brown-banded cockroaches
  4. sewer cockroaches
  5. cave crickets
  1. Small moths found in stored products that have wings with distinct rear fringes are ______.
  2. Indian meal moths
  3. angoumois grain moths
  4. corn earworm moths
  5. fringe moths
  1. Annual cicadas emerge as adults ______.
  2. the summer after they were eggs
  3. the same year they were eggs
  4. only if they are males
  5. the spring immediately following the year they were eggs
  1. Most aphids have a pair of exhaust pipe-like structures called ______.
  2. cornicles
  3. cerci
  4. ovipositors
  5. tail pipes
  1. Where do carpenter ant adults prefer to nest ?
  2. Tree roots
  3. Tree stumps
  4. Moist logs
  5. All of the above
  1. Why do cecropia moth caterpillars not cause significant damage to trees?
  2. They occur singly rather than in large groups
  3. Their habitat is not close to trees
  4. They do not eat tree and plant material
  5. They have small appetites despite their large size
  1. Immature click beetles are pests because they ______.
  2. eat plant roots
  3. bore into roots
  4. burrow into tree trunks
  5. bake loud, obnoxious clicking noises
  1. During a warm, summer day, where is a common place to find cluster flies?
  2. Feeding on plant material
  3. Sunning on the side of a building
  4. Flying between fruit trees
  5. Inside wall voids
  1. Which of the following best describes how female syrphid flies lay their eggs?
  2. As a cluster on the ground
  3. Singly near an aphid colony
  4. Singly at the tips of leaf blades
  5. Inside larger decaying animals
  1. Adult velvet ants are most commonly found in ______.
  2. dense forests
  3. grassy areas
  4. sandy areas
  5. wet marshes
  1. Where do western corn rootworms pupate?
  2. In the stem of corn
  3. Underground
  4. In the roots
  5. In the silks
  1. Which of the following mouthparts do adult damsel bugs have?
  2. Chewing-lapping
  3. Piercing-sucking
  4. Sponging
  5. Siphoning
  1. During windy and cool periods, adult corn flea beetles hide in ______.
  2. leaves
  3. cracks in the soil
  4. tree trunks
  5. houses
  1. Which order do corn earworms belong to?
  2. Diptera
  3. Coleoptera
  4. Neuroptera
  5. Lepidoptera

  1. A/An ______is the best place to find codling moths.
  2. pine forest
  3. orchard
  4. flower bed
  5. house
  1. After the eggs hatch, cecropia moth larvae start to ______.
  2. eat their eggshells
  3. crawl to a new habitat
  4. pupate
  5. none of the above
  1. What hatches from unfertilized eggs in a honey bee colony?
  2. Workers
  3. Females
  4. Queens
  5. Drones
  1. Where do female horntails lay their eggs?
  2. In hives made of saliva
  3. In the soil
  4. In holes, drilled in tree bark
  5. In the sides of homes
  1. Polistes paper wasps are considered pests ______.
  2. only when nesting near humans
  3. of timber
  4. of stored grains
  5. of livestock
  1. What type of modified forelegs do praying mantids have?
  2. Fossorial
  3. Natatorial
  4. Raptorial
  5. Jumping