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What's in the Garden?
         Game 6

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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88. Queen Butterfly:

a) lives in fields and areas with milkweed plants
b) looks exactly like a Monarch butterfly
c) is a predator
d) all of the above
​e) a and c only 

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89.  White-tipped Black Moth:

a) caterpillar is yellow with black stripes
b) caterpillar is considered an inchworm or spanworm
c) adult can be seen flying during the day
d) all of the above
​e) b and c only                                                                                                                

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90. American Dagger Moth Caterpillar:

a) is poisonous
b) adult is pale grey
c) feeds on deciduous trees and woody plants
d) all of the above
​e) b and c only

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91. Green Bottle Fly:

a) is smaller than a house fly
b) can also be red in color
c) eats rotting fruit
d) a and b only
​e) a and c only

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92. Blue Cricket Hunter Wasp:

a) larvae feed on dead grasshoppers and crickets
b) lives on the water surface
c) does not sting
d) builds paper-like nest
​e) none of the above

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93. Armyworm Moth:

a) feeds on grasses and low plants
b) female is solid black in color
c) is considered beneficial
d) all of the above
​e) b and c only

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94. Larva:

a) is the last stage in the insect life cycle
b) is a decomposer of a cut or dying tree
c) has siphoning mouth parts
d) all of the above
​e) a and c only 

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WINGS OPEN
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WINGS CLOSED
95.  Red Admiral Butterfly:

a) has a wide variety of habitat choices
b) will sit on your shoulder
c) prefers warm weather in winter
d) feeds on nectar, sap and animal droppings
​e) all of the above                                                                                                                 




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96. Red Paper Wasp:

a) all of the below
b) is a beneficial insect
c) builds an umbrella shaped nest
d) female will sting if bothered
​e) is a somewhat social animal

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UNDERSIDE OF WING
97. Common Mestra Butterfly:

a) is not a strong flier
b) at one time was named “Amymone”
c) has an unusual color pattern
d) all of the above
​e) b only

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98. Walkingstick:

a) has large wings
b) cannot camouflage itself
c) can regrow lost limbs
d) a and b only
​e) none of the above

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WINGS CLOSED
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WINGS OPEN
99. Goatweed Butterfly:

a) has hook forewing tips
b) topside of wings are bright orange
c) is a very fast flier
d) has white fringe edges on wings
e) all of the above

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100. Cellar Melipotis Moth:

a) c and e only
b) c, d and e
c) displays a wood grain design
d) is in the family Erebidae
​e) adults are seen in Texas year round 

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101.  Methphid Jumping Spider:

a) is beneficial because it preys on other arthropods
b) lives in gardens and woods
c) female makes a cocoon for her eggs
d) all of the above
​e) b and c only           

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GIANT SULPHUR
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LITTLE YELLOW
102. Sulphur Butterflies:

a) are widespread in Texas
b) have a wide variety of habitats
c) color ranges from yellow, green, orange and white
d) a, and b only
​e) a, b and c

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103. Ichneumon Wasp:

a) is a parasitic (preys on) wasp
b) female places her eggs into the larvae of pest insects
c) adults can feed on flower nectar
d) is beneficial
​e) all of the above

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104. Spiny-shouldered Stink Bug:

​a) doesn’t give off an odor when bothered
b) is not considered a true bug
c) adult feeds on bugs, larvae and caterpillars
d) all of the above
​e) a and b only
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105. Cocoon:

a) all of the below
b) is woven around the pupa by the larva
c) is the third stage in complete metamorphosis cycle
d) can be camouflaged with leaves of the host plant
e) protects the insect until the adult emerges

Answers:
(88) a, (89) d, (90) d, (91) c, (92) a, (93) a, (94) b, (95) e, (96) a,
(97) d, (98) c, (99) e, ​(100) b, (101) d, (102) e, (103) e, (104) c, (105) a.

           

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Glossary