Multiple Choice Questions for County/Area 4-H/FFA Contest - 2005
41. Which of the following insects has piercing-sucking mouthparts:
a. crane fly
b. stable fly
c. robber fly
d. house fly
42. Male cicada killers in guarding their nest will readily sting if provoked.
a. true
b. false
43. Which of the following is considered a solitary wasp/bee?
a. carpenter bee
b. mud dauber wasp
c. cicada killer wasp
d. all of the above
44. Which stage of chigger parasitizes people?
a. larvae
b. nymphs
c. adults
d. all of the above
45. In Indiana, the least common flea species found on dogs is the:
a. cat flea
b. dog flea
c. human flea
46. Boxelder bugs overwinter as:
a. eggs
b. nymphs
c. adults
d. all of the above
47. Mosquitoes always develop in water.
a. true
b. false
48. Bronze birch borer eggs are laid:
a. under cracks and crevices of bark
b. underside of leaves
c. in leaf litter next to birch trees
d. in soil around birch trees
49. Adult male stable flies will not suck blood.
a. true
b. false
50. German yellowjackets often build their colonies inside
structures.
a. true
b. false
51. Clover mites readily bite people.
a. true
b. false
52. The preferred insecticide for use in milk rooms for fly
control is:
a. synergized pyrethrins
b. dimethoate
c. malathion
d. coumaphos
53. Mimosa webworms only attack mimosa trees in
Indiana.
a. true
b. false
54. The most common of the wood borers that infest
firewood is:
a. longhorned beetle
b. flatheaded borer
c. bronze birch borer
d. none of the above
55. The primary food for mud dauber wasp larvae is:
a. spiders
b. pollen
c. predigested wood pulp
d. honeydew
56. Which cockroach species is sometimes called a “water
bug”?
a. American cockroach
b. Oriental cockroach
c. woods roach
d. German cockroach
57. Adult powder post beetles damage wood.
a. true
b. false
58. Which of the following galls is caused by a wasp?
a. hackberry leaf gall
b. maple bladder gall
c. horned oak gall
d. all of the above
59. Which type of termite actually damage wood?
a. reproductive males
b. reproductive females
c. workers
d. soldiers
60. Which of the following is a true insect?
a. sawfly
b. chigger
c. sowbug
d. pillbug