ACE Grooming Techniques 3

Question 1

Which term describes an insect cleaning another individual of the same species?

Accepted Answer

Allogrooming

Answer

Allogrooming (mutual grooming) involves one individual cleaning another of the same species, distinct from autogrooming (self-cleaning).

Question 2

Bee colonies with high-expression hygienic behavior are selected for pest management primarily because they can detect and remove which problem?

Accepted Answer

Diseased or mite-infested brood

Answer

Hygienic bees detect and remove diseased, mite-infested, or dead larvae, reducing pathogen and parasite loads within the colony.

Question 3

In the context of fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) bait programs, grooming and trophallaxis together serve to:

Accepted Answer

Distribute the bait toxicant from foragers to the queen

Answer

Fire ant foragers share bait material through trophallaxis and grooming, passing the slow-acting toxicant to reproductives, eventually eliminating the queen.

Question 4

Which cockroach behavior analogous to allogrooming contributes to gel bait horizontal transfer among colony members?

Accepted Answer

Cannibalism and contact feeding on feces and regurgitate

Answer

Cockroaches ingest bait and share it through coprophagy and cannibalism, spreading the active ingredient horizontally within an aggregation.

Question 5

Grooming in honey bees has been observed to remove pesticide dust particles from the body. This poses a risk because:

Accepted Answer

Ingested particles can cause sublethal neurological impairment even at low doses

Answer

Sublethal ingestion of neurotoxic pesticide dust during grooming can impair navigation and foraging in bees without causing immediate death.

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ACE Grooming Techniques 3