Rules and Regulations

Wyoming FFA Agronomy Contest

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PART C - ENTOMOLOGY CONTEST

The contestant will view 15 slides of insects and/or prepared insect specimens. For each slide and specimen, the contestant will be expected to know 1) the common name of the insect (or related anthropod), 2) the order of the insect, 3) its destructive or beneficial stage(s) (note that one or more stages of an insect's life cycle may be destructive or beneficial), 4) the mouthparts of the more destructive or beneficial stage(s) (possibly more than one correct response), and 5) the principle host of the insect (the plant or insect it feeds on). An example of the exam sheet is provided here. Information for each insect specimen is valued at 10 points; two points are allotted to each category. A half-point will be subtracted for mis-spelling in the first two categories. In categories three to five the contestant is to mark an "X" by each word in the list that is appropriate. A half-point will be subtracted for each wrong response (i.e, placing an "X" where it should not occur or not placing an "X" where it should occur). In no case will more than two points be deducted in each category.

SCORE FFA STATE FINALS CONTESTANT
Entomology

Write in the name of the insect, order of the insect, and place an "X" in the most appropriate blank(s) in the appropriate columns. The identification number refers to the slide or mounted specimen you will review during the test. You will be given one minute per specimen to fill out the information requested.

	2 points	2 points	2 points	2 points	2 points
Identification Number	Common name of insect (or related anthropod)	Order of Insect	Destructive or Beneficial Stage(s)	Mouthpart type of Most Destructive or Beneficial Stage(s)	Principal Host
1		(Class if a non-insect anthropod)	_______larva _______nymph _______pupa _______adult	_____chewing _____rasping _____lapping _____siphoning _____sucking _____sponging	_____man _____livestock _____grain _____forest
2			_______larva _______nymph _______pupa _______adult	_____chewing _____rasping _____lapping _____siphoning _____sucking _____sponging	_____livestock _____alfalfa _____man _____corn _____other insects
3			_______larva _______nymph _______pupa _______adult	_____chewing _____rasping _____lapping _____siphoning _____sucking _____sponging	_____alfalfa _____stored grain _____livestock _____small grains
4			_______larva _______nymph _______pupa _______adult	_____chewing _____rasping _____lapping ____siphoning _____sucking _____sponging	_____corn _____cat _____livestock _____house (wood)
5			_______larva _______nymph _______pupa _______adult	_____chewing _____rasping _____lapping ____siphoning _____sucking _____sponging	_____livestock _____house (wood) _____small grains
6 7			_______larva _______nymph _______pupa _______adult	_____chewing _____rasping _____lapping ____siphoning _____sucking _____sponging	_____apples _____corn _____household _____alfalfa _____other insects

 

FFA Insects and Related Anthropods
1. honey bee 2. leafcutter bee 3. Mormon cricket 4. Russian wheat aphid 5. spotted alfalfa aphid 6. sugarbeet root maggot 7. earwig 8. two-spotted spider mite 9. corn rootworm 10. blister beetle 11. alfalfa weevil 12. alfalfa looper 13. army cutworm 14. true armyworm 15. mountain pine beetle	16. leaf hopper 17. bandwinged grasshopper 18. slantfaced grasshopper 19. wireworm 20. parasitic wasp 21. lady bird beetle 22. syrphid fly 23. ground beetle 24. corn earworm 25. green lacewing 26. Mexican bean beetle 27. corn leaf aphid 28. flea beetle 29. sugarbeet root aphid 30. lygus bug