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Beneficial Insects, Spiders and Mites Quiz

Beneficial Insects, Spiders and Mites

Beneficial Insects, Spiders and Mites Quiz
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1. Most garden-inhabiting species are not harmful to the plants.(Required)
2. Which statement is not true?(Required)
3. Beneficial anthropoids help maintain a garden with few or no outbreaks of damaging plant pests. They include:(Required)
4. Which beneficial predator/parasite does not enjoy eating aphids?(Required)
5. Which beneficial predator/parasite does not enjoy eating beetles?(Required)
6. Which beneficial predator/parasite is one of the least effective in contributing to garden pest control?(Required)
7. The most diverse and numbers group of insects worldwide are(Required)
8. Purchasing lady beetles and lacewings is as effective in the garden as attracting and conserving native species.(Required)
9. Predatory true bugs include:(Required)
10. Which beneficial predator/parasite thrives best in undisturbed, pesticide-free environments?(Required)
11. There are more than. 800 species of spiders in Washington State and the average pesticide-free garden is likely to be home to(Required)
12. The three main groups of spiders are web building, foragers, and those that ambush their prey.(Required)
13. Both predators and parasitoids kill many prey during their life cycle.(Required)
14. Strategies to attract and keep beneficial insects in your garden include(Required)
15. Beneficial insects will visit backyard gardens but will not stay unless they have(Required)
16. Parasitoids are parasitic only in their immature stages(Required)
17.Yellowjackets are very aggressive (especially in early to late summer) and do more harm than good in the garden(Required)
18. Which statement is not true?(Required)
19. Which statement is not true(Required)
20. Predatory midge larvae are similar to those of hover flies, but are much smaller, and like hover fly larvae, they live among colonies of their prey.(Required)