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Name: __________________________ Class: _____________________ Date: _____________________

BBC Life In The Undergrowth


Part 4: Intimate Relationships
1. Why are insects able to evolve faster than vertebrates?

2. Why are insects more likely to have established symbiotic relationships than vertebrates?

Ants and Aphids


TypeofSymbiosis:MutualismCommensalismParasitism

RoleoftheAnts

RoleoftheAphids

Devils Garden Tree and Ants


TypeofSymbiosis:MutualismCommensalismParasitism

RoleoftheTree

RoleoftheAnts

Gall Wasps and Oak Trees


TypeofSymbiosis:MutualismCommensalismParasitism

RoleoftheGallWasps

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RoleoftheOakTrees

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3. Describeothertypesofgallsfoundintheundergrowth:
a. CaliforniaJumpingGallWasp

b. HungarianNectarGall

Pyramidal Orchid and Burnet Moth


TypeofSymbiosis:MutualismCommensalismParasitism

RoleoftheOrchid

RoleoftheMoth

4. Howdoesthewhitecrabspiderattractbeestoflowersthatitinhabits?

5. Describehowthefeatherleggedbugattractsandpreysonants.

Australian Ants and Stick Bugs


TypeofSymbiosis:MutualismCommensalismParasitism

RoleoftheAnts

RoleoftheStickBugs

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Blister Beetles and Digger Bees


TypeofSymbiosis:MutualismCommensalismParasitism

RoleoftheBeetles

RoleoftheBees

Botfly and House Fly


TypeofSymbiosis:MutualismCommensalismParasitism

RoleoftheBotfly

RoleoftheHousefly

Orchard Spider and Wasp


TypeofSymbiosis:MutualismCommensalismParasitism

RoleoftheSpider

RoleoftheWasp

Fairy Wasp and Water Beetle


TypeofSymbiosis:MutualismCommensalismParasitism

RoleoftheWasp

RoleoftheBeetle

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Methocha Wasp and Tiger Beetle


TypeofSymbiosis:MutualismCommensalismParasitism

RoleoftheWasp

RoleoftheBeetle

Blue Butterfly and Ants


TypeofSymbiosis:MutualismCommensalismParasitism

RoleoftheButterfly

RoleoftheAnts

Ichneumon Wasp and Blue Butterfly


TypeofSymbiosis:MutualismCommensalismParasitism

RoleoftheWasp

RoleoftheButterfly

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