Lab: Diptera Name:

1. Name three different life histories for Diptera and provide a family level example of each.
   
   
   
   
   
2. What most conveniently distinguishes Diptera from Lepidoptera in the adult and larval stages?
   
   
   
   
   
3. Which species of Diptera controls outbreaks of forest tent caterpillar?
   
   
   
   
   
4. Name three families of Diptera are pests on vertebrates.
   
   
   
   
   
5. Name three families of Diptera that feed on plant material.
   
   
   
   
   
6. Name three families of Diptera that are predatory in adult or larval stage.
   
   
   
   
   
7. Name two families of Diptera that have aquatic larval stages.
   
   
   
   
   
8. What family of Diptera can help solve crimes and how?
   
   
   
   
   
9. How are blow flies (Calliphoridae) used in medicine?
   
   
   
   
   
10. What beneficial fly mimics bees?