Bug of the Week -- 2022

Week 13 --
   Three questions: 1.  What FAMILY are these insects in?   
                        2.  What ecological interaction are these insects exhibiting?  
                        3.  Would you find the larvae in the same environment (feeding on the same material) as the adults? 

                                                                   © James Adams, 1994

Week 11 --
   Three questions: 1.  What SUBORDER is the larger insect in?     Ditrysia
                        2.  What FAMILY is the larger insect in?    Sphingidae
                        3.  What ORDER and FAMILY are the insects in the cocoons in?   Hymenoptera, Braconidae

                            © James Adams, 1998

Week 10 --
   Three questions:  1.  What is the order and family for this insect? Trichoptera, Leptoceridae
                           2.  Where would you find the larvae for this insect? In fresh water
                           3.  What order is the order of this insect clearly most closely related to? Lepidoptera

Week 9 -- Sorry, No Bug!
 
Week 8 --
   Three questions:  1.  What is the family for these insects? Scarabaeidae
                           2.  What is the TRIBE for these insects? Deltochilini
                           3.  What is the gender of these individuals? A mated pair, one female and one male.

                                © James Adams, 2008

Week 7 --
   Three questions:  1.  What is the order and suborder for this insect? Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha
                           2.  What is the family for this insect? Membracidae.
                           3.  True or False:  some members of this family are tended by ants. True

Week 6 -- No bug, sorry!!

Week 5 --
   Three questions:  1.  What ORDER does the insect pictured here belong to?      Coleoptera
                             2.  What FAMILY does the insect pictured here belong to?     Lycidae
                             3.  What is the importance of the orange and black pattern?     Advertising bad taste (aposematic coloration)
 
                                © James Adams, 1996

Week 4
    Three questions: 1. Is this insect exopterygous or endopterygous? Is this insect hemi- or holometabolous? Exopterygous, hemimetabolous
                           2.  What ORDER and FAMILY is this insect in? Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae
                           3.  This insect stridulates by rubbing what body parts together? Forewings


     © James Adams, 1986

Week 3 -- Labor Day. Sorry, no bug!

Week 2 
    Three questions: 1. Is this insect hemi- or holometabolous?  Holometabolous
                           2.  What ORDER and FAMILY is this insect in? Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae
                           3.  Name another family (both common and scientific names) that this insect is closely related to.  Several correct answers,
perhaps the MOST correct would be Asclaphidae (Owlflies)
                                   
          

Week 1
   Three questions:  1.  Is this an insect?  Yes (it is a caterpillar that turns into a butterfly, so definitely an insect)
                           2.  What do you call those things sticking out of its head (hint: they're *not* antennae)? Osmeteria
                           3.  What ORDER and FAMILY is this creature in?  Lepidoptera, Papilionidae
    
                            © Cindy Taylor, 2004