Quiz on Insects

1. By what process do caterpillars lose their skin?

         Ans: Moulting

2. Do bees undergo a metamorphosis?
         Ans: No

3. Which habitats is most favourable to butterflies?
        Ans: Tropical forest

4. Where poison is stored in scorpions?

        Ans: In the tail

5. Which insect is the greatest disease carrier?
         Ans: House fly

6. Which insect produces a substance called ‘royal jelly’?
        Ans: Honey bee

7. Which insect has the largest wingspan?
        Ans: Atlas moth

8. Which is the largest order of insects?
       Ans: Coleoptera(Beetles)

9. Which is the most common insect and a household eater of books is a living fossil?
      Ans: Silver fish

10. Which is the shortest living insect?
      Ans: Mayflies