BIO
109 QUIZ OF TUCSON ARTHROPODS, FISH, AND AMPHIBIANS
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Here's where you get to assess your current knowledge level and monitor your progress. Repeat the quiz (identification takes lots of practice), watching your score increase, until you are happy with your knowledge level. Practice with real plants and animals whenever possible.
| Give
yourself 1 point for correct ID and spelling. Give yourself 1/2 point for correct ID but incorrect spelling. Note: click on #s below to see quiz picture; click on name to see spotlight |
A
= 23.5 points. Excellent! B = 21points. Good Job! C = 18 points. Okay. K < 18 points. Keep Practicing. |
1.
Sonoran Desert Toad (Bufo alvarius)
2. Giant
Desert Centipede (Scolopendra heros)
3.
Gila
Topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis)
4. Creosote Bush Grasshopper (Ligurotettix
coquilletti)
5.
Cochineal Bug (Dactylopius confusus)
6. Convergent Ladybird Beetle
("Ladybug") (Hippodamia convergens)
7.
Canyon
Treefrog (Hyla arenicolor)
8. Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla spp)
9.
Desert Millipede (Orthoporus ornatus)
10. Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa spp)
11.
Giant (or Desert) Hairy Scorpion (Hadrurus
arizonensis)
12. Pallid-winged Grasshopper
(Trimerotropis pallidipennis)
13.
Tiger
Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)
14. Pinacate Beetle (Eleodes spp)
15. Tarantula
(Aphonopelma spp)
16.
Desert Pupfish (Cyprinodon spp)
17. "Black Widow" (Latrodectus
hesperus)
18.
Southern Spadefoot (Scaphiopus hammondi)
19.
Bark Scorpion (Centruroides exilicauda)
20. Termite
(Order Isoptera)
21. Tarantula
Hawk (Wasp) (Pepsis and Hemipepsis spp)
22.
Red-spotted Toad (Bufo punctatus)
23. White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles
lineata)
24. Brown
("Recluse") Spider (Loxosceles spp)
25. Leaf-cutter
Ant (Acromyrmex versicolor)
26.
Desert Spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchi)