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RedditTake a swat at these insect trivia questions, courtesy of the University of Maryland Linnaean Games team. Lucky for us, the team is taking it easy on us. In an actual competition, the questions would be approximately ten million times harder.
1. What common bathroom item can be used in a killing jar to collect bugs?
2. What must a female mosquito do before laying eggs?
3. Centipedes have 1 pair of legs per body segment. How many pairs of legs do millipedes have per body segment?
4. Describe the marking on the abdomen of a black widow.
5. During peak production, how many eggs can a queen bee lay per day?
6. What insect was responsible for transmitting the Bubonic or Black Plaque?
7. How did the Hessian fly get to America?
8. Who brought the European honey bee to the US?
9. How many plagues mentioned in the book of Exodus in the Bible were cause by insects?
10. What is the name of the greatest current threat to honeybees in the US?
11. What is the food of honeybee queens?
12. What's a "king" honeybee called?
13. Who is generally considered the founder of entomology?
14. Who is the founder of entomology in the US?
15. Which beetle is featured prominently in many blues, country, folk and rock songs, including songs by Bob Dylan, the Violent Femmes, and The Presidents of the United States of America?
16. In what family of aquatic insect does the male of some species carry eggs on its back?
17. Who won a Nobel price for study of insect behavior?
18. How did the spongillaflies get their name?
19. What is pseudocopulation?
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Enjoyed the information! Did know some! I would like to know the entomology of the common moth, just how such a small and fragile bug can do so much damage to house hold items. Thanks much, Jeanie
Posted by Jeanie Quirk on November 19,2008 | 10:23PM