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- Flies
- One pair of wings
- Important pests and disease vectors
- Primarily saprophagous (feed on decay)
- Very Important decomposers
- Others are parasites, predators or parasitoids
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| Diptera: Family Culicidae |
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- Mosquitoes
- Eggs laid in water or area that will be flooded
- Must have water to complete life cycle
- Water preferences differ
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| Order Diptera: Family Muscidae |
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Definition
- Houseflies
- Transport disease organisms
- Sanitation is key to control
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- Fleas
- Sucking mouthparts with developed palps
- Usually jumping insects
- All are parasitic as adults
- Rat fleas vector plague
- Fleas are a host for tapeworms
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Term
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- Adult never leaves animal host
- Eggs fall from animal
- Larvae mostly feed on adult feces
- Larvae spin cocoons, pupate and wait
- They can live for months
- Emerge when host returns
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- Fleas must have an animal host
- Control fleas on your pet
- Flea eggs - wash pet bedding
- Larvae - Puppate - Adults: Vacuum Cleaner
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Definition
- Butterflies, moths
- Larvae and adults morpholoy strongly divergent
- Larvae supply most food for life cycle
- Some larvae are very important pests. Some adults are important pollinators
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Term
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Definition
- Dinural
- Knobbed antennae
- Usually naked chysalis
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Definition
- Nocturnal
- Usually drab
- Filliform antennae
- Fuzzy cocoon
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| Order Lepidotera: Family Hesperiidae (Skippers) |
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Definition
- Stouter body
- Hooked antennae
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Term
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Definition
- Six true legs attached to the thorax
- Fleshy prolegs on abdomen
- Usually six lateral stemmata
- E.g. - Corn ear worms eat a variety of plants
- E.g. - Monarch spcialize on a few plants
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| Order Lepidoptera: Family Nymphalidae |
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Definition
- Milkweed butterflies and Monarch
- Sequester chemicals from milkweed for protection
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Definition
- Late summer adults emerge
- Cluster together and fly to overwintering site
- May fly thousands of miles
- Do not feed through winter
- Spring: Mate and begin to fly north
- Summer: Several generations
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Term
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- Family Noctuidae
- Family Pyralidae
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- Corn earworm, cabbage looper, fall armyworm
- Control with Bacilus thuringiensis (BIG!)
- Spray when they're small
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Term
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Definition
- Indian meal moth comoonly infests food
- Look for larvae, webbing adults
- Find and eliinate access to food
- Store food in freezer/refridgerator
- Seal foods in tightly sealed containers
- DO NOT spray pesticide around food
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Term
| Order Trichoptera (Caddisfly) |
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Definition
- Almost all aquatic as larvae
- look up
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