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12/11/2011

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What do insects and other arthropods do that is detrimental to plants (especially those grown by humans for food)?

Definition

Damage roots

Damage trunk/limbs

Vector plant diseases

Term

Direct Pest

Definition

consumes or cause harm to the fruit

Term
Indirect Pests
Definition

attack some other part of the plant, decreasing crop yield

Term

Direct vs. Indirect pest Are

Definition

Terms commonly used in the fruit growing industry

Term
What is an economic threshold?
Definition

The point at which the loss due to damage is greater than the cost of control

Usually measured in number of insects/unit of measure.

Term
Why do some insects become pests?
Definition

It’s our fault!

We provide them with easy targets

We bring them into new environments

We remove their natural enemies

We create resistance to pesticides

Term
What is a pesticide resistance?
Definition

The adaption of pest population targeted by a pesticide resulting in decreased susceptibility to that chemical. IN other words, pests develop a resistance to a chemical through natural selection: the most resistant organisms are the ones to survive and pass on their genetic traits to their offspring. This gives them the opportunity to quickly evolve to challenges

Term

What is an IGR – Insect growth regulator?

Definition

A chemical substance that inhibits the life cycle of an insect. They are used to control populations of harmful pests such as cockroaches or fleas.

Term

Chagas' Disease

Definition

kissing bug vectors

Term

Onchocerciasis

Definition

AKA river blindness- Black Fly vectors

Term

Human Malaria

Definition
Mosquito vectors
Term

oriental rat flea vectors

Definition

Plague

Term
Damp(subterranean) termites
Definition
small, require contact with soil (moisture), white or cream in color, common in and out of doors, more common in Eastern WA. Check for soil tunnels. They follow along the grain.
Term
Dry(Dampwood) Termites
Definition
larger, do not require soil contact, dark in color, common in western WA. Found in structures and furnishings. Check for wood shavings.
Term
Avoiding Termite Problems
Definition
Remove natural wood, use treated wood, remove wood debris, avoid wood-soil contact, allow ventilation
Term
Ring around the Rosie
Definition
Red ring around the swollen area
Term
Pocket Full of Posies
Definition
Flowers thought to keep away the disease. Black Plague.
Term
Pied Piper
Definition
Rat Catcher
Term
Mites you would find on your body
Definition
Follicle mites, scabies mites
Term
Follicle Mites
Definition
two species found worldwide, on almost everyone, on hair follicles around eyes and nose and around sebaceous (oil glands). May cleanse follicles and unclog glands.
Term
Dust Mites
Definition
Microscopic, found on mattresses, carpets, sofas, debris, development of allergies, if someone is allergic to dust they are really allergic to dust mites, treatment can be difficult.
Term
Mites
Definition

Phytophagous, detritovores, predators, and parasites.

Feed on wood, cellulose, gut symboiants.

Term
Ticks
Definition
feed on blood
Term
Tick Paralysis
Definition
loss of muscle function that results from a tick bite
Term
5 methods by which arthropods affect human health and well being
Definition

1. transmit agent of diseases by feeding on tissue

2. Physical blockage or injuries to organs

3. annoyance

4. production of toxic by-products

5. open wounds for secondary inflection

Term
Why was France willing to sell the "Louisiana Territory" to the United States?
Definition
There was a yellow fever outbreak in that area
Term
Othoptera
Definition
Locusts, grasshoppers, crickets- occur in high numbers
Term
Lepidoptera
Definition
Caterpillars- guts often rolled out
Term
Coleoptera
Definition
beetle larvae
Term
Isoptera
Definition
termites- high numbers
Term
Hymenoptera
Definition
bee and wasp larvae and callow adults
Term
Diptera
Definition
Maggots and Pupae
Term
Arthropods
Definition
Great consumers of plants- great biomass
Term
Arthropods
Definition
high nutritional value-high in protein and fat, low in cholesterol
Term
Insects
Definition
are species rich- great variety
Term
Animals that eat insects
Definition
fish, birds, reptiles, rodents
Term
What arthropods do humans eat?
Definition
Crustaceans
Term
Entomophobia
Definition
fear of small, "scary" critters. An "inborn" and learned fear.
Term
Delusory
Definition
An irrational fear and belief that one is being "infested" by insects or other such critters. A psychosis.
Term
Maggot Therapy
Definition
Putting maggots into an open wound to help disinfect and promote healing.
Term
Allantoin
Definition
A chemical compound naturally produced by many organisms, including animals, plants, and bacteria. It is a frequent ingredient in lotions and skin cream, as well as in oral hygiene products, cosmetics and other toiletries.
Term
Three types of human lice?
Definition
Body lice, Head lice, Pubic lice
Term
Body Lice
Definition
live on and off of host, lay eggs off of host. Most dangerous at disease transmission.
Term
Head Lice
Definition
Live on scalp, lay eggs at base of hair on neck. Eggs called nits.
Term
Pubic Lice
Definition
live on coarse body hair, lay eggs on hairs. Eggs also called nits
Term
Nits
Definition
Eggs that are glued to hair shafts
Term
Myiasis
Definition
invasion of living tissue by fly maggots
Term
What control method was used to eradicate the screwworm fly from the United States?
Definition
SIT- Sterile technique, released sterile screwworms into wild to mate with females.
Term
How is plague spread from person to person and from country to country?
Definition
Insect vectored disease- rat flea
Term
Why do some call plague "Black Death"?
Definition
Because you bleed internally, hemorrhage.
Term
Do we have to worry about plague in the United States?
Definition
No, because we have antibiotics now.
Term
When and where to bedbugs feed?
Definition
They are nocturnal and they feed at night.
Term
What do bed bugs feed on?
Definition
Blood.
Term
Where would you look for bedbugs?
Definition
You would look for them in a bed, in corners, or in crevices.
Term
Disease
Definition

a condition of ill health of malfunctioning in a living organism, especially one having particular symptoms. A departure of normal health brought on by external factors. A biotic invasion of the body. Detrimental to health of the host. Progressive degree of effect increases with time.

Intrinsic- effects occur within the body of the host.

Term
Arbodisease
Definition
Disease vectored by an arthrpod.
Term
Vector
Definition
The organism that transports the pathogen.
Term
Pathogen
Definition
The disease causing agent. Usually a virus, bacteria, or micro organism.
Term
Reservoir (from a disease standpoint)
Definition
any animal system capable of maintaining a pathogen over time.
Term
Xenodiagnosis
Definition
Used to isolate the protozoan in non-acute forms.
Term
With what arbodisease is xenodiagnosis associated?
Definition
Associated with Chagas disease. Vectors of this disease are kissing bugs. Pathogen is flagellate protozoan.
Term
What does the condition cycle cell anemia have to do with malaria?
Definition
Malaria causes anemia. The destruction of red blood cells.
Term
Forensic Entomology
Definition
The application of the study of insects and other arthropods to legal issues, especially in the court of law.
Term
What are Maggot Mass?
Definition
Masses of fly eggs on dead tissue.
Term
How are insects used to estimate the time of death?
Definition

knowing the cycle and the stage that insects are in when they are on the body can help determine how long the body has been dead.

Corpse decomposition and faunal phases & stages.

Term
What are some of the arthropods that come to a dead body?
Definition
Flies and Beetles.
Term
What arthropods are among the first to arrive at a dead body?
Definition
Flies.
Term
What was the reason that most people did not bathe (often) throughout much of the Middle Ages and into early part of this century?
Definition
The church associated bathing with the debauchery of the Roman Public Baths.
Term
Where would one encounter the arbodisease onchocerciasis?
Definition
River Blindness--one would encounter this in polluted waters in tropical Africa and tropical America.
Term
What vectors the disease and what is the pathogen?
Definition
Black Flies are the vecotr and the pathogen is a filarial worm.
Term
What is the result of Arbodisease Onchoceriasis?
Definition
Result is blindness.
Term
What is mead?
Definition
An alcoholic beverage that is sugared with honey.
Term
What is the cultural and religious significance of butterflies and scarab (dung) beetles?
Definition

Butterflies- Aboriginal views on the butterfly as a symbol of the soul- a deceased son. Native American Black Feet believed dreams were brought by butterflies.

Scarab Beetles- associated with the sun of god Khepera. Used as amulets.

Term
Who was Menes?
Definition

An Egyptian King who lived in 3100 BC. Used symbol locust to show the uniting of upper and lower classes.

2 loafs of bread: each signifies for food to feed to people.

Hornet: Conquer ability

Power and authority.

Term
How are insects used in the Bible.
Definition

Flies, caterpillars, grasshoppers, locusts, and moths. Scorpions. Some used for the plagues.

Scarab Beetle=Prayers from book of the dead were written on them.

Term
Why is the book of the dead important?
Definition
Heart scaradb were inscriptions from the book of the dead.
Term
Who is Eric Carle?
Definition
Children's book author who wrote the very hungry caterpillar.
Term
What do forensic entomologists do?
Definition
They investigate deaths using entomology knowledge.
Term
What is PMI?
Definition
Postmortem interval- time between insect colonization and corpse discovery (approximates time since death). Requires determination of age of maggot.
Term
Carrion
Definition
Dead animal matter, human remains.
Term
An Arbodisease is one that is?
Definition
Vectored by an arthropod.
Term
Crab or pubic lice are found?
Definition
Primarily near the genitals but can be found where coarse hairs occur (such as the armpits or eyebrows)
Term
The invasion of living flesh by maggots (the maggots feed on the flesh) is termed?
Definition
Myiasis
Term
Three main species of lice that are found on humans. Of these, two lay their eggs on the host (nits) while one lays its eggs off of the host in clothing, bedding, etc. This latter louse is the?
Definition
Body Louse
Term
Which would probably be a vector?
Definition
A flea.
Term
If we were discussing nits, what type(s) of insect(s) would be talking about?
Definition
Lice
Term
The sign or Romana is a swelling of the face, which results from the bite of a conenose or kissing bug. The sign is associate with?
Definition
Chagas Disease
Term
What insect often was used by many early Native American cultures to deliver dream, or portray beauty and happiness? It was also the insect symbol used for the god Psyche.
Definition
The butterfly.
Term
What insect was used to symbolize the unity of Upper and Lower Egypt? It was used in the cartouche of the Pharaoh Menes?
Definition
the locust.
Term
Insects become pests because?
Definition

They often occur in large numbers

They take advantage of the monocultures created by humans

Consumers demand "perfect" or nearly perfect apples (and other commodites)

Term
Insect growth regulators may?
Definition

Cause an insect to molt when it is not ready to molt.

Cause an insect to continue to molt into an immature and never into an adult.

Cause an insect to molt into an individual that shows adult and pupal characteristics.

Term
Most commonly drank beer in Guatemala?
Definition
Gallo
Term
Yellow jackets in Guatemala that lasted 3-5 years?
Definition
Perennial.
Term
In Guatemala, you never stare at this for very long..
Definition
Children
Term
What is the book of the dead?
Definition

It gets you to the afterlife.

It is a book of prayers.

Term
Going to Charlotte NC was like entering a?
Definition
Hornets Nest.
Term
The British general during the Revolutionary War?
Definition
Cornwallis
Term
The ancient insect that was used to represent Egypt?
Definition
The scarab beetle.
Term
The God of Khepera?
Definition
The God of creation.
Term
Heart Scarabs
Definition

Inscriptions from the Book of the Dead.

Scarabs as souvenirs, or to wish one well.

Term
Who was Hevera?
Definition
They hunted people and removed their heads and shrunk them.
Term
Obligate Parasite?
Definition

One very closely adapted to its host, adapted to a single host or a group

Example: human crab louse.

Term
Facultative Parasites?
Definition

Feed on large variety of hosts.

Ectoparasites: feed externally on the host.

Endoparasite: feed internally.

Term
Chewing Lice
Definition
feed on birds.
Term
Sucking Lice
Definition

Infestation of lice

Haemophagic: blood eaters (TEST)

Term
Human Lice
Definition

"Cooties"

Cosmopolitan-(TEST)-meaning they are found everywhere where humans are found.

Small, 2-4 mm, white.

Vecotr epidemic typhus, trench fever, relapsing fever-WWII.(more people died from lice than the war)

Skin irritation, redness, development of allergies.

Stressful conditions.

Term
Body Lice
Definition

Live both on and off of the host.

Adults and Immatures found in bedding clothing and furniture.

Leave body to lay their eggs.

Lay their eggs in socks, carpeting, seams.

Viable eggs (TEST)- meaning living=they have been dead less than 24 hours (TEST)

 

Term
Vermin
Definition
Are critters that we don't like, small and noxious.
Term
Parasite
Definition

Smaller than its host.

Receives nourishment from its host.

Example: Lice

Term
Plague- Black Death
Definition

Host- Humans, fleas, rodents

Reservoir- ground squirrels

Vector-Oriental rat flea

Pathogen- Bacterium, Yersinia pestis

Term
Why do some people call it black death?
Definition
because of skin.
Term
What do insects and other arthropods do that is detrimental to plants (especially those grown by humans for food)?
Definition

Consume fruits and leaves.

Damage roots.

Suck plant juices.

Damage tree trunk/limbs.

Vector plant diseases.

Term
Direct Pests
Definition
Consume or CAUSE harm to the fruit. Direct pests of apple tree- apples.
Term
Indirect Pests
Definition

Attack some other part of the plant, decreasing crop yield.

Indirect pest of apple tree- leaves, stems, roots, ect.

Term
Economic Threshold
Definition

The lowest number of insects that will cause an economic loss.

The point at which the loss due to damage is greater than the cost of control.

Term
Why do some insects become pests?
Definition

We provide them with easy targets

Bring them into new environments

Remove their natural enemies

Create resistance to pesticides.

Term
How do we make an insect a pest?
Definition

Farmers demand for perfect apples and other commodities.

They occur in large numbers.

They take advantage of the monocultures created by humans.

Term
Pesticides
Definition
Substances intedned for killing or repelling pests or otherwise mitigating their effects such as Nerve poisions, biological, IGR's, Pheromones.
Term
Malaria
Definition

Vecotr- Anopheles mosquitos

Pathogen- Protozoan

Host- Humans

Reservoir- humans

Term
What does the condition cycle cell anemia have to do with malaria?
Definition

Born with a genetic trait.

People with Sickle Cell anemia can survive malaria.

Term
Don Marquis
Definition
Wrote tall tales about Archy & Mehitable about a cockroach and a cat.
Term
Terpsikhore
Definition

One of the nine muses.

The goddesses of music, song and dance.

Term
The Muse of Dance
Definition
A dance in Hercules to help with his problems.
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