For tonight’s mystery I raise the standards to a level I ask of my own students. Here is a 10-question excerpt from the IB 109 Insects & People final exam:
One point per question to the first correct answer for each.
The cumulative points winner for the month of July will win their choice of 1) any 8×10-sized print from my photo galleries, or 2) a guest post here on Myrmecos.
Good luck!
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C,B,E,C,A,C,E,A,E,B
Darn, you beat me to it! And this was one that I knew!
Ah, beat me to it, although I think I had #9 wrong anyway. Good job.
Alex, now I’m curious, are there earwigs that can fly?
although the “elytra” might be better called “tegmina”
7. C
8. B
9. B
10. C
11. A
12. C
13. E
14. A
15. E
16. B
Here is an example of earwig wings in all their glory: http://www.flickr.com/photos/deadmike/225751024/
I often see small earwigs flying in the tropics. This one was shot in Florida.
OK, I’m late to the party but I wanted to see how I’d do without wikipedia or a class on bugs:
7. C
8. B
9. E.
10. C
11. A
12. D
13. E
14. A
15. E
16. B
7. C
8. B
9. E
10. C
11. A
12. C
13. E
14. A
15. E
16. B
Nice. I’m embarrassed to say that without help from the interwebs, I would’ve gotten one wrong and not’ve been postive about another without checking. You should do more of these types of mysteries. Thanks
Admitedly, I had to look up “secondary genitalia.” I discovered that hamulus is used in reference to dragonfly genitalia, at least in Minnesota http://www.mndragonfly.org/defined.html
Torre Bueno also refers hamuli in Odonata and to hamular genital hooks in tree crickets.
Thanks for the fun challenge and the new vocab!
Like others have stated, I am thankful for the internet…
7. C
8. D
9. E
10. C
11. A
12. C
13. E
14. A
15. E
16. B
7. C
8. B
9. E.
10. C
11. A
12. C
13. E
14. A
15. E
16. B
07. C
08. B
09. E
10. C
11. A
12. C
13. E
14. A
15. E
16. B
7-C
8-B
9-E
10-C
11-A
12-C
13-E
14-A
15-E
16-B
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