Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods)

Volume 24 No. 1, 2005


 

The Quiz Page


 

General information and editorial notes

News and Notes

Bio-Blitz 2005

World taxonomist database

Activities at the Entomological Societies' meeting

Summary of the Scientific Committee meeting

Project Update: Forest Arthropods

Profile of Entomologists in Survey's Annotated List of Workers

The Quiz Page

A primer on pseudoscorpions and taxonomic status in Canada

Web Site Notes

First BSC Biodiversity Scholarship awarded

Arctic Corner

Arctic and Boreal Entomology Course 2004

Call for information on insect research in Canada's arctic

Impacts of a warming arctic

Selected future conferences

Quips and Quotes

Requests for Material or Information Invited

 

 

test your knowledge of Canada and its fauna

1. Some insect species living on sea shores show periodicities that accord with the tides. What is the mean tidal interval, and what is the significance of this value?   Answer

 

2. Name 3 families of insects that contain many wing-dimorphic species.Answer

 

3.  In some cool temperate species, the life cycle always lasts for one year. Name one of these strictly univoltine kinds of insects characteristic of boreal Canada and describe its life cycle.Answer

 

4. What stages are the eonymph, nymph, nymphe, pronymph and protonymph? Answer

 

5.  A beetle flies in still air for 200 metres. Another of the same species walks the same distance. If both travel in a straight line, which one uses the most energy? Answer

 

 

 

 

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