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What's in the Garden?
         Game 7

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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106.  White-lined Sphinx Moth Caterpillar:

a) visits many types of low plants as its host plant
b) adult has white lines or veins down its wings
c) is a brightly colored hornworm
d) all of the above
e) b and c only

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107.  Wheel Bug Nymph:
   
a) lacks a crest or wheel like the adult
b) is considered a pest
c) does not bite when it becomes an adult
d) all of the above
e) b and c only
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108.  American Lady Butterfly:
 
a) likes open fields with wildflowers
b) lives in warmer areas of the United States
c) a and b only
d) a only
e) b only

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BANDED TUSSOCK MOTH CATERPILLAR
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FIR TUSSOCK MOTH CATERPILLAR
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FIR TUSSOCK MOTH CATERPILLAR UNDERSIDE
109.  Tussock Moth Caterpillars:

a) have hair-like tufts on their back
b) can have stinging hairs
c) female moth usually does not fly
d) all of the above
e) a and c only
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110.  Stink Bug:

a) feeds on plants
b) can look like tree bark
c) smells like a rose when bothered
d) a and b only
​e) b and c only

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111.  Hummingbirds:

a)  becks are adapted to the flowers they visit
b)  are pollinators
c)  can fly backwards
d)  a and b only
​e)  a, b and c

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112.  Variegated Fritillary Butterfly Caterpillar:

a) has a dull color pattern
b) food host plant is the passion-vine
c) adult is a moth

d) all of the above
e) a and b only

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TOPSIDE
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UNDERSIDE
113.  Large Milkweed Bug:

a) eats flower heads of the milkweed plant
b) wings cross forming a large “X” on its back
c) spends winter under leaf litter
d) all of the above
e) a and b only

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114.  Red-eared Pond Slider Turtle:

a) likes resting on a log in the sun
b) lives in fast moving streams and rivers
c) has a yellow stripe behind each eye
d) none of the above
​e) b and c only

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115.  Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly Caterpillar:

a) host plant is pipevine
b) has stinging hairs
c) is brightly colored
d) a and c only
​e) all of the above

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116.  Great Horned Owl:

a) is the size of a small bird
b) flies only during the day
c) has horns or ear-tufts
d) a and b only
​e) b and c only


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117.  Daddy-Long-legs:
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a) has eight legs and no wings
b) looks like a spider but is not one
c) holds body close to the surface
d) is considered beneficial
​e) all of the above

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Picture
118.  Chrysalis:

a) is the adult stage in the life cycle of a butterfly
​b) is the pupa stage in the life cycle of a butterfly
c) is the pupa stage in the life cycle of a moth
d) is the egg stage in the life cycle of a moth
​e) is the adult stage in the life cycle of a skipper

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119.  Painted Lady Butterfly Caterpillar:

a) and adult are found worldwide
b) food host plant is the thistle
c) a and b only
d) a only
e) b only  

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LEOPARD FROG
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BULL FROG
120.   Frogs:

a) do not sing or vocalize
b) the Bullfrog is North America’s largest frog
c) do not swim well
d) all of the above
​e) b and c only

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121.  Antheraea Polyphemus Moth Caterpillar:

a)  is considered a silkworm moth
b)  eats plant material but the adult does not eat
c)  uses a variety of trees as host plants
d)  all of the above
​e)  none of the above


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Picture
122.  Geometid Moth:

a) rest with wings open
b) is a brightly colored moth
c) flies only in the daytime
d) all of the above
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e) b and c only

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Picture
123.  Checkered White Butterfly:

a) male has less black on wings than the female
b) uses a variety of vegetables as host larva plants
c) a and b only
d) a only
​e) b only

Answers:
(106) d, (107) a, (108) c, (109) d, (110) d, (111) e, (112) b, (113) d, (114) a, (115) d, (116) c, (117) e, (118) b, (119) c, (120) b, (121) d, (122) a, (123) c.

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Game 1
Game 8
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Game 3
Game 10
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Game 4
Game 11
Game 5
Game 12
Game 6
Glossary