Entomology Trivia Questions
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What type of insect has a springlike device between its thorax and abdomen that allows it to jump and is known as the click type?
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beetle
What fly that resembles a dragonfly and folds its wings back at rest is often found 'in distress'?
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damselfly
What insect, whose name comes from the Spanish for 'little fly', has hypodermic mouth parts to pierce skin?
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mosquito
What insect has males with jaws that look like antlers?
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beetle
Wireworms are the slender larvae of the 'click' type of what insect?
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beetle
What substance oozes from a bee's pores and forms tiny flakes on the outside of its abdomen?
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wax
What species of insect includes types like rhinoceros, Hercules, and Goliath?
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beetle
What type of insect is the tumblebug, which deposits its eggs in dung?
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beetle
What is the middle body section of an insect, which lies between the head and the abdomen?
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thorax
What is the name of the middle body part of an insect, located between the head and abdomen?
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thorax
What is the process called in which a caterpillar turns into a butterfly?
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metamorphosis
What 'colorful' insect found on land feeds on starchy substances?
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silverfish
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