Insect Quiz
Try out this Insect quiz to test your knowledge. Insect trivia opens a window onto the planet’s most numerous and varied animals, from familiar butterflies and beetles to extraordinary species with unusual defenses, diets, and life cycles.
15 questions
~3 min to finish
Easy to hard difficulty
540 pts max score
Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
Which mosquito genus includes the main carriers of human malaria?
Question 2 · Hard · 40 pts
Native to much of sub-Saharan Africa, which biting fly is notorious for its medical importance?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
What is the scientific name of the honey bee species most widely kept worldwide?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
Chagas disease is classically associated with which insect vector?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
In the eastern United States, periodical cicadas are famous for appearing on which unusually long timetable?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
Historically, the cochineal insect was used to produce which red dye?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
Shellac starts with secretions from what source?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
Which moth species has males that can squeak when disturbed?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
Which human ectoparasite can transmit epidemic typhus?
Question 10 · Hard · 40 pts
A triatomine bug is after what meal source when it feeds?
Question 11 · Hard · 40 pts
Paraponera clavata is better known by what common name?
Question 12 · Hard · 40 pts
By number of described species, which insect order is the largest known?
Question 13 · Hard · 40 pts
Which midge is noted for hemoglobin-like pigments in its larvae?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
What helpful job do bees do when they move pollen between flowers?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
Which insect is well known for biting people and other animals?