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What's in the Garden?
        Game 2

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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18. Buckeye Butterfly:    
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a) feeds on a variety of host plants
b) all except e
c) is considered beneficial
d) has peacock like eye spots
​e) is considered a pest  
 

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19. Land Snail:    
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a) all except e
b) is a beneficial food source
    for ​other wildlife
c) is related to clams, oysters and squid
​d) moves by producing mucus to glide on
e) moves really fast

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20. Click Beetle:    
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a) sometimes is beneficial because 
    it eats grubs
b) is considered a pest
c) larvae feed on crop plants
d) all of the above
e) b and c only

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21. Great Southern White Butterfly:  
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a) is a common species
b) pollinates flowers
c) lives along beaches, salt
    marshes and sandy flats
d) all of the above
e) none of the above

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22. Tobacco Hornworm Caterpillar:
 
a) feeds on leaves of tomato, potato &            tobacco plants
b) adult is Sphinx moth
c) a, b and d
d) larvae have chewing mouth parts
e) a and d only 

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23. Dragonfly:
​    
a) can fold its wings flat along body 
b) can fly forward and backward
c) lives only in dry areas
d) head is stationary
e) a, c and d

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24. Leaf Cutter Ants:  
 
a) cut leaves to compost
b) build mounds of dirt at hive entrance
c) grow fungus to eat
d) b only
e) a, b and c 

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25. Wasp:  

a) all of the below
b) is a beneficial predator
c) feeds on pest insects
d) nest is built from wood pulp
e) is often confused with bees

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26. Green Tree Frog:  

a) sleeps on leaf underside
b) can change color
c) lives on plants near water
d) a and c only
e) b and c only


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27. Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly: 

a) c, d and e
b) c and d only
c) members of carrot family
    are host plants
​d) has a tail on hind wing
e) drifts through plants until disturbed

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28. Earthworms:  

a) are important to soil health
b) night crawlers feed above ground at          night
c) can be used for fishing and
    composting
d) all of the above
e) a and c only 

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29.  Leaf-footed Nymph: 
    
a) has sucking mouth parts
b) hind legs have a leaf-like appearance
c) feeds on plant juices
d) gives off unpleasant odor when                  bothered
e) all of the above

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30. Anole Lizard:  

a) adults lay one egg
b) adults live in trees, tall grass, shrubs
c) young stay closer to the ground
d) all of the above
e) b and c only

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31. Giant Swallowtail Butterfly:  

a) has siphoning mouth parts
b) has complete metamorphosis life cycle
c) caterpillars like citrus plants to eat
d) all of the above
​e) b and c only

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32. Gulf Coast Toad:  

a) is considered beneficial
​b) can live in garden flower pots
c) has a light stripe down center of back
d) a and b only
e) a, b and c

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​33. Eyed Click Beetle:

a) c and e only
b) c, d and e 
c) larvae eat plant roots and seeds
d) lives around decaying wood
    and stumps
e) adults make a click sound
    when righting ​self

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34. Honey Bee:  

a) has lapping mouth parts
b) is nonsocial
c) is non stinging
d) hive is ruled by a king
e) all of the above

Answers:
(18) b, (19) a, (20) d, (21) d, (22) c, (23) b, (24) e, (25) a, (26) d, 
​(27) a, (28) d, (29) e, (30) d, (31) d, (32) e, (33) b, (34) a


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