Entomology B/C

[sarahm317]

Order, family, common name, and which type of mimicry does this insect's family exhibit? (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://www.dereila.ca/whispers/RoverBeetle.jpg[/img]

[CTMSRoadScholarKING]

Order, family, common name, and which type of mimicry does this insect's family exhibit? (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://www.dereila.ca/whispers/RoverBeetle.jpg[/img]

I Think (Click to Show Hidden Text)

This is a Rove Beetle(Staphylinidae) in the order Coleoptera. Does it exhibit chemical mimicry :?: ?

[sarahm317]

Order, family, common name, and which type of mimicry does this insect's family exhibit? (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://www.dereila.ca/whispers/RoverBeetle.jpg[/img]

I Think (Click to Show Hidden Text)

This is a Rove Beetle(Staphylinidae) in the order Coleoptera. Does it exhibit chemical mimicry :?: ?

All your ID is correct, but it actually exhibits wassmannian mimicry. Your turn!

[CTMSRoadScholarKING]

Thanks!

Here's the bug (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[attachment=0]Bug PIc for Scioly.jpg[/attachment] So here are the questions.. Order, Family, Common Family Name, How to tell Male apart from Female(if you use the word ovipositor you are going to be wrong) and what are its front legs adapted for?

[sarahm317]

Thanks!

Here's the bug (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[attachment=0]Bug PIc for Scioly.jpg[/attachment] So here are the questions.. Order, Family, Common Family Name, How to tell Male apart from Female(if you use the word ovipositor you are going to be wrong) and what are its front legs adapted for?

answer (Click to Show Hidden Text)

Hemiptera, Belostomatidae, Giant water bug, males carry eggs on their backs, and the front legs are raptorial

[CTMSRoadScholarKING]

Thanks!

Here's the bug (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[attachment=0]Bug PIc for Scioly.jpg[/attachment] So here are the questions.. Order, Family, Common Family Name, How to tell Male apart from Female(if you use the word ovipositor you are going to be wrong) and what are its front legs adapted for?

answer (Click to Show Hidden Text)

Hemiptera, Belostomatidae, Giant water bug, males carry eggs on their backs, and the front legs are raptorial

Nice job!!! Your turn

[sarahm317]

Order, family (if applicable), common name (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://www.alexanderwild.com/Insects/Insect-Orders/Tremendous-Termites/i-ZTRWTLb/2/XL/syntermes3-XL.jpg[/img] Bonus question:In this insect's colony, what would the pictured insect's job be?

[mjcox2000]

Order, family (if applicable), common name (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://www.alexanderwild.com/Insects/Insect-Orders/Tremendous-Termites/i-ZTRWTLb/2/XL/syntermes3-XL.jpg[/img] Bonus question:In this insect's colony, what would the pictured insect's job be?

That's: (Click to Show Hidden Text)

Isoptera (no family), termite, and I think that one's a soldier.

[sarahm317]

Order, family (if applicable), common name (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://www.alexanderwild.com/Insects/Insect-Orders/Tremendous-Termites/i-ZTRWTLb/2/XL/syntermes3-XL.jpg[/img] Bonus question:In this insect's colony, what would the pictured insect's job be?

That's: (Click to Show Hidden Text)

Isoptera (no family), termite, and I think that one's a soldier.

that's correct!

[mjcox2000]

Order, family, common name; what is unusual about this insect's eyes; list some of this insect's defense mechanisms/behaviors: (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]https://blancowateratlas.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/coleoptera-gyrinidae-gyrinus.jpg?w=1200[/img]