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| Summer Questions |
| Monday, June 15, 2009 |
These questions require you to view the display case at the Science Library.
1. Three of the specimens in the display are NOT insects - which three (give either a common or a taxonomic name)? (Hint - two of the non-insects are the same species).
2. One of the critters in the display is known as a "tarantula hawk". One species of tarantula hawk is the State insect of New Mexico. Give the genus-species name of this predatory insect, and also indicate what taxonomic order it belongs to.
3. The iridescence of the wings of the Morpho butterflies in the upper right of the case is due not to pigments, but to what fine structures in the wings?
4. One of these insects is sometimes considered to be an Orthopteran (the grasshoppers, crickets, and locusts), but is considered by some as its own order, Phasmatodea. Give a common name for this insect.
You only need to answer 3 of the 4 questions this summer. Get your answer in by the end of the day on August 31st, 2009.
Here is the submission form.
Good luck! |
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