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Do you like bugs? Then this is the right quiz for you!
Question 1 of 10
The ironclad beetle has three different ways of protecting itself. Which of these is not one of them?
Question 2 of 10
As you might guess, what is bacteria called Halomonas titanicae eating?
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Question 3 of 10
A wafer trapdoor spider was found at Joshua Tree National Park, California, so it was named for what rock star, whose band recorded an album named for the park?
Question 4 of 10
Nate Lo found bacteria in the mitochondrion, which he named Midichloria mitochondrii for the mystical micro-organisms behind the Force in what fictional universe?
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Question 5 of 10
According to a 2013 paper in Nature Chemical Biology, a bacterium called Delftia acidovorans works like tiny alchemists, filtering what element out of the water to create microscopic nuggets of it?
Question 6 of 10
When an Apis cerana hive japonica is invaded by the Japanese giant hornet, a hundred of then surround the hornet in a huge ball, beating their wings until the hornet is heated to death. What is Apis cerena?
Question 7 of 10
What continent's largest land predator is a mite that weighs only 100 micrograms?
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Question 8 of 10
Trombicula is a genus of mites. You probably call them chiggers. What musical names were given to two of them in 1955, four years ahead of The Sound of Music?
Question 9 of 10
In 2012, a Brazilian entomologist named a new species of orchid bee Euglossa bazinga, in honor of what fictional character's catchphrase?
Question 10 of 10
In 2015, an eyeless, cave-dwelling daddy longlegs was named for what precious Tolkien character?
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