Bug of the Week -- 2024

WEEK 11
    Three questions:    1.  What family is this insect in?   
                                 2. Is this species a model or a mimic?   
                                 3. So this species would be involved in which kind of mimicry?

©  James K. Adams, 2007

WEEK 10
    Three questions:    1.  What superorder is this insect in?   
                                 2.  What order and family are this insect in?   
            The REAL extra credit question:  3.  What is the genus of this insect, and does it fly at this time of year?

©  John Young, 2011

WEEK 9
    Three questions: There are two insects pictured in this image
                              1.  What superfamily and family are the larger insects around the outside in? Formicoidea, Formicidae
                              2.  What suborder and family are the other insects in (hint: several nymphs, one adult)?   Sternorrhyncha, Aphidae  
                              3.  Why are these two insect species hanging out together? It's the honeydew being produced by the aphids that keeps the ants around, and they help protect the aphids

©  Gage Loy, 2024

WEEK 8
    Two questions:    1.  What order is this insect in (hint: check the head)? Diptera
                               2.  What order is this insect mimicking?   Hymenoptera

©  James K. Adams, 1985

WEEK 7
    Three questions: 1.  What suborder are these insects in?  Polyphaga
                              2.  What family are these insects in?     Erotylidae
                              3.  What is the substrate upon which these insects are feeding?  Fungus

©  James K. Adams, 1993

WEEK 6
            Three questions:  1.  What order and suborder is this insect in?   Hemiptera/Heteroptera    
                                       2.  What family is this insect in?     Fulgoridae
                                       3.  Is this insect found in Georgia?   No

                      © James Adams, 2011

Week 5
Three questions:  1.  What Infraclass and Suborder is the pictured insect in?  Neoptera, Caelifera
                           2.  What family is the pictured insect in?      Romaleidae
                           3.  What do you suppose is the meaning of the display the insect is exhibiting?  Since it is restrained by a potential
predator in this image, this display is a warning that it tastes bad


                      © James Adams, 1991

Week 4
    Three questions:  1.  What order and suborder is this insect in?     Orthoptera, Ensifera
                               2.  What family is this insect in?   Tettigoniidae
                               3.  This insect stridulates.  What body parts does it rub together to do so? The leading edges of the two forewings (tegmina)

©  James K. Adams, 1988

Week 3
    Three questions:  1.  Is this insect hemimetabolous or holometabolous?     Hemimetabolous
                               2.  What family is this insect in?      Libellulidae
                               3.  What about flight is unique in this order? Direct flight muscles -- independent flapping of fore- and hindwings
                              

Week 2
   Three questions:  1.  Is this an insect?  Yes
                           2.  What do you call those things sticking out of its head (hint: they're *not* antennae)? Osmeteria
                           3.  What ORDER and FAMILY is this creature in? Lepidoptera: Papilioinidae
    
                            © Cindy Taylor, 2004