Sound ig V iflen Knowledge Innovation Excellence BUNDA CAMPUS FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE CROP AND SOIL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT END OF SEMESTER ONE EXAMINATION 2018/2019 Academic year Course Code: AGN323 Course Name: Insect Biology and Ecology Date: 16% August, 2019 Time: 12:00 to 15:00 hrs Instructions : 1. This paper contains eight questions 2. Answer all eight questions in the answer book provided.1, Define the following terms as used in Entomology: (10 marks) a) Natality b) Delayed voltine insect seasonal cycle ©) Chemoreception d) Population dynamics ) Hemimetabolous Q2. Outline any four functions of the exoskeleton (8 marks) Q3, State whether the following statements are true or false: (20 marks) a) b) ¢) dq) f) 9) ‘The degree day is 18 for an insect with a developmental threshold of 10°C, developmental optimum 28°C, on a day with maximum temperature 32°C, minimum temperature 15°C 'nsect population increases with increasing emigration. Arachnids are insects with one pair of wings All insects undergo ecdysis. ‘r -selected insects have a short life span and rey Produce more rapidly than k-selected insects, Insects with prognathous mouth parts are plant suckers. The tympanum is one of the organs responsible for Mechanoreception in insects, Aphids can reproduce parthenogenetically. {ns@ct species diversity in a bean field would be | i , less than i vegetation forest ae5. Discuss any two ways in which insects communicate to each other. Give examples in your discussion. 8. Given field patches(A]and B below and their insect determine which patch has a higher insect biodiversity. Show your waskang= a plan Pirie Stam (40 marks) species densities (omen) Popkin dens eK Field patch /A composition: 5 Conteh munablls 2 Cnto pai, 3 fe Trichogramma mwanziiand 2 Cotesia talavipes, ae os = ——— e of Field patch 8 composition: 300 Aphis fabae) 30 Aphiduss colemam, and = 200 Brevicoryne Brassicze oe o Q7. List four density dependent factors of insect population regulation and & : explain how each of the factors regulates insect population. (12 marks) # Q8. Match the insects to orders in Table 1 by writing them in same row and state developmental stages that they undergo. Duplicate the table into answer book in a matched format. (20 marks), Table 1. Common insects, orders and menthrpats \=\°Grraata| Sheet [Insect | Order | Developmental stages | Cockroach |Blattodea 7 s | Mosquitoes Lepidopiers | Stink bugs Mantodea [Fall armyworm | DipteraKnowledge, Innovation, Excellence BUNDA CAMPUS CROP AND SOIL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT END OF SEMESTER TWO EXAMINATION 2017/2018 Academic Year Course code: AGN 323 Course name: Insect Biology and Ecology Date: 05 September, 2018 Time: 09:00 to 12-00 hours Instructions: 1. This paper contains six (6) questions. Ze Answer all questions in the answer book provided.| legad 4 C ede} Chalo pada (Combine) ST any See BP AClawened mary, dea ) oye hy bostes, : a xe 5 legs oF en? \ paw ag leys on a Segreen poi Mee awite weal ae . Sy ieee ee, of g meen mii pedes Pare Of rede Late. ‘ a Ce paignnee riot tony Ke = | pitdubes sei acide ee Cee ser BS Aeekh ote Lan uestions go. MS 0 F 10 marks) 1. Define the following terms as used in Entomology: ( a) Natality b) Ecdysis €) Paurometabolous development 340 Amen sfotich one seed TS: FSR 4) Delayed voltinism - veS\wesen. comelele cagemevala €) Chemoreception 2. Differentiate the classes Chilopoda and Diplopoda. (10 marks) 3. With the aid of a labelled diagram, describe the insect circulatory system. (20 marks) 4. Table 1 contains common insects, their orders and mouth Parts, match the insects to orders and state type of mouth part they possess. Duplicate the table into answer book in a matched format (20 marks) Table 1. Common insets, orders and mouth parts Insect Order Mouth part Plant hoppers Hemiptera-Heteroptera Caterpillars ~ | Diptera Stink bugs Coleoptera "Grasshoppers Hemiptera- Homoptera Moths ‘Thysanoptera5. State whether the following statements are true or false. (20 marks) a) Arachnida have six pairs of legs b) The name Crustacea is taken after the long antennae the members of the class “* possess. ©) Homopterans have piercing -sucking mouth parts d) In holometabolous insects, both immatures and adults feed on same type of food and in a similar manner. €) The exoskeleton is retained in insects undergoing incomplete metamorphosis while it is completely cast in complete metamorphosis insects. f) Ethyl acetate is used in liquid preservation of insects. 9) Agro-ecosystems have more diverse insect populations than natural undisturbed ecosystems. h) Insect populations of a given species and area increase when there is emigration of that species. i) The degree day for an insect with a developmental threshold of 10 °C, developmental optimum 28 °C, on a day with maximum temperature 30 °C, minimum temperature 21°C is equal to 20. ot 4 eee po ae J) Poly-embryonic development is mast common in Parasitic Hymenoptera. 6. a) Define insect population regulation. b) Discuss three factors according to Milne’s theory, that act in. populations in ecosystems. 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