Please use the resources presented on the website to answer the following questions.
Jan 17 and 19 2006:
1. Introduction to Life History power point:
1a. In the slideshow on "History of IPM" the final set of slides discusses damage threshold and economic threshold. Please define these two terms.
1b. Who are Ray Smith and Perry Adkisson and what impacts have they had on IPM?
2. Integrated Pest Management (Marcos Kogan):
On page 256 in the section "IPM research and integration" 4 developments or changes in IPM tactics are listed as those that have had the greatest impact on decreasing the use of pesticides. Please go to that section and list these four tactics.
3. IPM of Midwest Landscapes, Chapter 4: Symptom Categories of
Pest Damage:
3a. What is defoliation? Name an insect that does this.
3b. What is shot hole damage? Name an insect that does this.
3c. What is leaf notching? Name an insect that does this.
4. Keys to
Orders and Groups of Insect and Related Pests
(North Carolina State U):
From the words in the couplets in the dichotomous key
(different/opposite characters), please tell me the BEST character (morphology)
that identifies:
4a. flies
4b. beetles
4c. butterflies
Jan 24 and 26 2006:
Jan 24: Introduction to insects and mites
1. Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda (orders) power point
and Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda (handout):
1a. Name the classes of Phylum Arthropoda and describe one character that makes each of them different.
1b. Name all the families of mites.
1c. Name two orders with parasitoids.
1d. Define the types of metamorphosis: ametabolous, hemimetabolous, paurometabolous.
Jan 26: Introduction to insects and mites
1. Insect Morphology html presentation (mouthparts,
antennae, legs, wings, etc. of different insect orders):
1a. Name 4 types of mouthparts and an insect order with those types of mouthparts.
1b. Name 11 types of antennae and an insect order with those types of antennae.
1c. Name 5 types of legs and an insect order with those types of legs.
1d. How are wings of primitive insects different than wings of advanced insects? Name two orders with each wing type.
1e. Describe
complete and incomplete metamorphosis.
Please send responses to pests@umn.edu.