Insect Quiz (RV)

[Tamsy]

Good thinking, but not what I was after

[Dream Weaver]

Perhaps this - according a World Health Organisation publication in 2014 and an article in “Science” by K Servick in 2016:
1. By modifying male mosquitoes so that they cannot produce viable offspring
2. By modifying male and female mosquitoes so that they resist certain diseases or are incapable of transmitting them

[Tamsy]

Great research, it was number one that I was after

Well done

[Dream Weaver]

Thanks, Tamsy. It was an interesting exercise

If you see a wasp lying motionless on a pond’s surface is it dead?

[Tamsy]

No? I think they are motionless when drinking?

[Dream Weaver]

That’s right, Tamsy
Yesterday morning a few wasps were drinking at the edge of our little pond when another wasp landed on the surface in the centre of the pond where it lay absolutely still for long enough for me to decide it needed help. I was just looking around for a stick to use to save it when it took off again and flew away

[Tamsy]

Ah that's a lovely image of the stillness and peace to watch wasps drinking. You are lucky

Which group of insects drink mud to get essential nutrients? They also taste with their feet.

[Dream Weaver]

Butterflies

[Tamsy]

Correct

[Dream Weaver]

Thanks, Tamsy

Name two leaf cutting insects.

[Cantona]

Ants and termites?

[Dream Weaver]

Name two leaf cutting insects.

Let me phrase the question better:
Name two insects with the word leaf cutter in their name. I don’t believe termites cut leaves (but I could be wrong)

[Cantona]

Ant and Bee?

[Dream Weaver]

Correct on both, Cantona
Over to you!

[Cantona]

Name the three body parts which all insects have?