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assassin Bugs:
1. Assassin
2. masked Hunters
3. Conenose bugs "Kissing bugs" |
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family: Reduviiddae
1.- narrow head with Beak
2.-sticky (covered in sawdust or lint for camoflauge)
-piercing mouthparts
-predators
3.- transmit Chagas disease
-create heart problems/ nervous system disorders |
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Family: gerridae
-hydrophobic hairs (air pockets)
-claws
-legs on two hindsegments
-feed on other insects
*bigger the spider longer the legs* |
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Family:pentatomidae
-peircing mouthparts that feed on plants and other insects
-have glands that ooze distasteful fluids
-can make open jaw move up and down |
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Bugs as Common nuisance invaders
1. Boxelder bugs
2. Conifer seed bugs |
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1. Famil: rhopalidae
-#1 invader
-feeds on seeds of trees
-red body, wings will eventually cover entire body
2. Family: coreidae
-feeds on conifer seeds
-eggs laid in conifer pines
-weird odor |
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| management of nuisance household invader |
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-seal openings
-treat or remove house plants
-dispatch individual insects |
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Family: Cicadidae
-feed on roots of trees/shrubs
-eggs inserted into twigs
-lifespan is 5 years
- cactus dodger uses warning sounds when something walks by
-Sound production: heard 1/2 mile away
- only produced by males
- organ for sound:tymbal used to attract mates and confuse enemies of whereabouts |
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Family: Aphidadae
-A sexual
-Feed on liquid from stems/leaves
-remove plant sap and create honeydew
-scooty mold-produced from honeydew and contaminate surfaces
-Ants vs Anphids:Ants provide protection and anphids produce food(honeydew) |
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Gall
1. Cooley spruce gall adeligid
2. Psyllid galles on hackberry
3.Grape phylloxera |
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an abnormal plant growth produced as a result of activity of insects or other organisms
1.-eggs in plants
-creates cone-like gall on spruce or douglasfir
2.- lay eggs on leaves
-feed on leaves
3. -produces galls on grapes
-almost wiped out wine industry(1800's |
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-armored scales feed on plant cells
-soft scales feed on phloem and produce honeydew
-cochineal"not a beetle"
-produces red ye
-primary uses: ingredient in red soft drinks, lipstick, fabric dye |
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-waxy, plate-like secretion
-uses: wood primer(finisher), insulation, 1930's records, some cosmetics |
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-unique mouthparts the puncture, poke, and suck
- single mandible that penetrates leaves
-most commonly eaten group of insects
-move viruses from one plant to another |
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-most abundant lifefrom in the world
-Metamorphosis: complete
-wings 'elytra':sheath wing, hard |
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-feeds on insects and plants
-lay eggs(spindle shaped) as mass
-Attach to solid surface to molt
-Asian lady beetle goes into houses |
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| Begginng of "Classic" biologival control (1888)!!! |
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-cotony custion scale
-sucks sap and population grows quick
-albert found natural enemies of
-complete control within 2 years
-1888!!! |
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Darkling Beetles
"skunk","Circus","stink" beetles |
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-live in plains and deserts
-develop/ feed on leaves/dead plant matter
-wing covers fused(cant fly)
-stand on heads and have odor |
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-large and heavy
-inclues "jewel beetles", Dung feeders |
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-directly lay eggs in dung balls then burry them
-tunnel to bring balls into soil
-roll balls to find soft soil
-supposidly controls movement of the sun |
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-bad taste
-bombardier beetle"ground beetle
-expells toxins @ boiling temp.
-feeds on snails |
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-hyper metamorphisis
-powerfull posion causes kidney damage
-medical uses: general healing, stroke, rabies |
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-feed on plants and agricultural importance
-most important potato insect pest in the world |
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-boll weevil"cotton pest"
-destroys develope within and destroy cotton ball |
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Bark beetles
1. Moutain pine beetle
2. spruce beetle
3. Ips beetle
4. small european elm bark beetle |
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1. -lay eggs in tree uder bark(prevents H2O movement in bark
-Adults mass attack coordinated by feramones
-"pitch out" to much sap produced & kills beetle
-removal with insecticides before adults emerge
2.-effects huge"Blowdown" of trees years ago
3.-ragged wing cover
-pinyon ips:slow growing old trees(a lot killed)
-eggs(chamber made by males, mate and produce eggs in chamber)
4.-Dutch elm disease
-biggest disease among American elm |
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Wood borers
1. Metallic Wood Borers/Flat head Borer
2. Longhorned Beetles/Roundheaded Borer |
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1.-make tunnels in tree leaving fine sawdust
-develop under bark
-very aggressive
-tree collapses after 5 years
2.-long antennae, couple inches long
- tunnels into middle of tree & produces chunky sawdust |
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-develop and are found in wet areas(ponds, lakes, etc.)
-feed on soft insects(slugs)
-Luminescence:light production through chemical reaction of luciferin, luciterase, ATP, oxygen, water |
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| - associated with wingless females of some species. |
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-Develop on carcasses of dead animal
-Larvase of species feed on carrion in place
-"Sexton or Burying Beetles": *Bury bodies of dead mammals*
-Raise young together |
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-feed on hair, dryflesh, lint
-*Very common inhabitant of homes* |
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Butterflies
1.Monarch
2.Viceroy
3.Painted lady/Thistle Caterpillar
4.Swallow tails
5.Butterfly Gardening
6.Colorado Hairstreak"CO state insect" |
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Definition
-can't survive in freezing winters
-Mud Puddling:Male butterflies on ground in wet areas
1.-extreme migration
-National insect candidate
-Warning colors: Red, black, yellow
-Mullerian mimcry: complex distasteful species mimic other distasteful insects
2.-Looks like Monarch
-Batesian Mimicry: takes on apperance of a distasteful insect, evolved color pattern
-Larva resembles bird droppings
3.-migrates from Bala, Cali
4.-feeds/layes eggs on parsley/dill
-Y shaped osmeteria everted in response to disturbance
5.-adults and larvae provide food
-provide some shelter
6.-Gamble oak tree
-in 4 corner states & Mexico |
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-feed on wheat
-migrates to plains then mountains
-attracted to light/flame becuase the correct their angle to light sources which is why the fly around them |
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| moth wedged its way into a computer |
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-most valuable insect that we use
-nolonger found in wild
-silk consists of:Fibroin and Sericin
-Reeling:finding end of thread and unwiding the cocoon
-Leading silk producer is China
-Cocoons are gummy until boiled
-6-15 threads to make 1 thread of silk |
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Giant Silkworms/Royal Moths
1.Polyphemus
2.cecropia
3.IO |
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1.-Primarily in Co
-very strong cocoon
2.-marked by odd growths on body
-large cocoon
-don't feed during adult stage
3.-"eyes" under wings
-urticating/stinging hairs:painful but wont kill you |
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-sexual dimorphisism
-only males fly
-lay eggs anywhere
-introduced for trying to produce silk but they don't
-eats follage,(chews on)white pine, and feeds during spring when leaves are produced
-messy eaters |
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