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What's in the Garden?
         Game 1

Quest: Find the hidden guest and answer the question correctly.

Click for Glossary
To help find the hidden guest, click on the pictures below to enlarge.
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Answers can be found at the bottom of this page.

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Adult Ladybug
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Ladybug Pupa
1. Ladybug beetle:  

a) feeds on aphids and corn pollen
b) feeds on other insects and plant bugs
​c) spends winter under leaves
d) all of the above
e) a and c only 

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2. Gulf Coast Toad:

a) causes warts
b) eats flies, mosquitoes, other
    insects ​and spiders
c) b only
d) is considered a pest
e) a, b and d

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3. Black and Yellow Argiope Spider:   

a) spins a web 
b) catches small flying insects 
c) eats flower petals
d) a and b only
​e) eats large grasshoppers 

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4. Leafhopper Assassin bug:   

a) is considered a pest
b) is considered a predator
c) has a clog-like wheel on its back
​d) never attacks humans or mammals
e) all of the above  

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5. Honey Bee:   

a) stings when agitated
b) is endangered
c) makes honey
d) pollinates flowers and crops
​​e) all of the above 

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6. Texas Spiny Lizard: 

a) eats insects
b) uses camouflage to hurt its prey
c) is a skillful climber
d) the female has a dark wavy line across      its back
​e) all of the above 

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7. Tuxedo Cat:   

a) eats mice and grasshoppers
b) is a canine
c) is beneficial
d) a and c only
​e) a and b only 

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8. Corn Earworm Caterpillar: 
 
a) c and e only
​b) c and d only
c) eats leaves of corn, tomato and cotton        plants    
d) is considered beneficial
​e) is considered a severe pest  



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9. Mockingbird:
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a) State bird of Texas
b) male has blue and grey feathers
c) all except b
d) eats caterpillars and seeds
​e) Mimics songs of other birds

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10. Monarch Butterfly: 
 
a) all except d
b) larvae and adult are poisonous
c) larvae eat leaves and buds of milkweed plant
d) has a black band across lower wings
​e) pollinates flowers

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MALE
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FEMALE
11. Cardinal: 
   
a) eats insects and seeds
b) is beneficial
c) enjoys taking a bath
d) female has light red feathers
​​e) all of the above 

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12. Dog:   

a) all except b
​b) aerates the soil
c) digs up plants
d) barks
​e) is a friend of man

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13. Bumble Bee:    

a) is nonaggressive
b) is considered a pest
c) is beneficial as a pollinator
d) is not related to the honey bee
e) none of the above

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14. Texas Spotted Whiptail Lizard:

a) eats insects, termites and caterpillars
b) males have a blue belly
c) is not a good climber
d) a and b only
​e) moves slowly 

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​15. Western Grass Green Grasshopper:
​ 
a) is considered a pest
b) is well camouflaged
c) lives in old fields and roadsides
d) has a purple red stripe on its legs
​e) all of the above

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16. Bordered Patch Butterfly:  
 
a) lives in agricultural areas
b) is considered a pest
c) is a beneficial pollinator of daisy,                ragweed and sunflowers
d) is found all over Texas
​e) all except b

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17. Green Anole Lizard:   
​
a) eats insects and small bugs
b) can change skin color
c) member of the iguanid family
d) is beneficial
​e) all of the above

Answers:
(1) d,  (2) c,  (3) d,  (4) b,  (5) e,  (6) e,  (7) d,  (8) a, 9 (c),  
(10) a, (11) e, (12) a, (13) c, (14) d, (15) e, (16) e, (17) e.              

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Glossary