Insect pest management short answer
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| Instar | The actual insect between molts | ||||
| The three basic arrangements in which insect eggs may be laid are | a. Singly b. In clumps c. In a contiguous mass | ||||
| The two most important events in insect mating behavior are | a. Finding suitable mates b. Copulation | ||||
| The three major divisions of the insect life-cycle are | a. Reproduction and embryonic development b. Postembryonic growth and development c. Maturity | ||||
| Define:Sclerotization | The process of an insect’s new cuticle becoming hardened (and pigmented) after molting | ||||
| Insect Generation | A cohort of offspring from a parent population moving through the life cycle together | ||||
| Stadium | The time period between molts | ||||
| Oviposition | The act of egg laying by the adult female insect | ||||
| Univoltine seasonal cycle | Insects having a single generation (life cycle) per year | ||||
| Multivolting seasonal cycle | Insects having multiple generations per year | ||||
| Alternating generations | Successive generations may have a different in mode of reproduction or morphology | ||||
| Dormancy | A seasonally recurring period in the life-cycle when growth, development and reproduction are suppressed | ||||
| Supercooling | Resistance to freezing by lowering the temperature at which body fluids freeze | ||||
| Insect Diapause | A physiological process that controls dormancy, seasonal migration and morphological change | ||||
| Classification | The ordering organisms into categories | ||||
| Nomenclature | The naming of organisms | ||||
| Taxonomy | The theoretical basis for classification and the study of classification schemes | ||||
| Systematics | The study of the diversity and classification of organisms |
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Created by:
cestes1abac
on 2011-03-07