ENT 201 Exam 3 (NCSU) Latest Questions
and Answers | Professional Prep | Grade A+
• why did the xerces blue butterfly go extinct? -✓✓because the species of plants
that they survive on, lotus and lupinus and deerweed plants, were devastated by
development and overgrazing; conservation was not a communal effort at all
during the Victorian era through post-World War 1, so once their ecosystem was
disrupted, they were left on their own
• Why is queen Alexandra's Birdwing butterfly threatened? -✓✓it is an attractive
target for collectors, a single specimen can go for over $750 on the black market
• where do female giraffe weevils lay their eggs? -✓✓in the middle of one of the
leaves of the weevil tree; she will wrap the egg up in the leaf to protect it
• Insect allergens usually come from -✓✓stings
• Anaphylaxis -✓✓Severe allergic reaction, reason for death from insects
• Myiasis -✓✓a parasitic infection caused by fly larvae (maggots) feeding on
human or animal living tissue (human botfly)
• the titan beetle is the ___________ insect in the world -✓✓largest
• titan beetle ________ have never been found -✓✓larvae
, • The habitat of the titan beetle appears to be the _____________ _____________
-✓✓amazon rainforest
• is the gypsy moth an invasive species? -✓✓yes
• agent -✓✓A living organism causing disease in arthropod-vectored disease
cycles
• Lyme disease -✓✓Tick-borne disease caused by the spirochete Borrelia
burgdorferi.
• Lyme disease symptoms -✓✓Stage 1 - Erythema migrans ("central bullseye
rash"), flu-like illness
Stage 2 - Cardiac problems (arrythmia, pericarditis) or Neuro problems (aseptic
meningitis, facial palsy)
Stage 3 - arthralgia in knee, Neuro problems (encephalitis)
• Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever -✓✓Caused by Rickettsia rickettsii (american
dog tick) Sx: rash on palms and soles (migrating to wrists, ankles, then trunk), HA,
fever. Endemic to East Coast (in spite of its name).
• Ehrlichiosis -✓✓bacterial infection transmitted by ticks
• Ehrlichiosis symptoms -✓✓fever headache, general malaise and a possible rash
• What is the the most potent, fast-acting antimalarial drug -✓✓Artemisin
and Answers | Professional Prep | Grade A+
• why did the xerces blue butterfly go extinct? -✓✓because the species of plants
that they survive on, lotus and lupinus and deerweed plants, were devastated by
development and overgrazing; conservation was not a communal effort at all
during the Victorian era through post-World War 1, so once their ecosystem was
disrupted, they were left on their own
• Why is queen Alexandra's Birdwing butterfly threatened? -✓✓it is an attractive
target for collectors, a single specimen can go for over $750 on the black market
• where do female giraffe weevils lay their eggs? -✓✓in the middle of one of the
leaves of the weevil tree; she will wrap the egg up in the leaf to protect it
• Insect allergens usually come from -✓✓stings
• Anaphylaxis -✓✓Severe allergic reaction, reason for death from insects
• Myiasis -✓✓a parasitic infection caused by fly larvae (maggots) feeding on
human or animal living tissue (human botfly)
• the titan beetle is the ___________ insect in the world -✓✓largest
• titan beetle ________ have never been found -✓✓larvae
, • The habitat of the titan beetle appears to be the _____________ _____________
-✓✓amazon rainforest
• is the gypsy moth an invasive species? -✓✓yes
• agent -✓✓A living organism causing disease in arthropod-vectored disease
cycles
• Lyme disease -✓✓Tick-borne disease caused by the spirochete Borrelia
burgdorferi.
• Lyme disease symptoms -✓✓Stage 1 - Erythema migrans ("central bullseye
rash"), flu-like illness
Stage 2 - Cardiac problems (arrythmia, pericarditis) or Neuro problems (aseptic
meningitis, facial palsy)
Stage 3 - arthralgia in knee, Neuro problems (encephalitis)
• Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever -✓✓Caused by Rickettsia rickettsii (american
dog tick) Sx: rash on palms and soles (migrating to wrists, ankles, then trunk), HA,
fever. Endemic to East Coast (in spite of its name).
• Ehrlichiosis -✓✓bacterial infection transmitted by ticks
• Ehrlichiosis symptoms -✓✓fever headache, general malaise and a possible rash
• What is the the most potent, fast-acting antimalarial drug -✓✓Artemisin
