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South Carolina General And Structural Pest Control 7A – Updated (Q&A)
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South Carolina General And Structural Pest Control 7A– Updated (Q&A)
What is the series of events from egg to adult called? ✔️Ans -
Lifecycle
What is metamorphosis? ✔️Ans - The change that must take place in
before the young insect matures into an adult is called Metamorphosis
What Phylum do all insect-related animals belong to? ✔️Ans - All
insect-related animals such as mites, ticks, and spiders belong to a phulum
called the Arthropoda
What are Arachnids? ✔️Ans - Spiders, Mites, scorpions, and ticks.
Most arthropod pests are insects or arachnids.
- four pairs of legs
- two body segments (abdomen and cephalothorax)
Name the four control strategies used to attempt the control of arthropods
or rodents. ✔️Ans - 1. Resource Management/Environment
Manipulation
2. Prevention/Mechanical Barriers
3. Biological Control
4. Chemical Control
Resource Management/Environment Manipulation ✔️Ans -
Management of food, water, and shelter availability, and habitat
modification to minimize or eliminate pest is usually one of the most
effective methods for controlling pests.
Prevention/Mechanical Barriers ✔️Ans - Barriers such as screens,
netting, and protective clothing all are mechanical means to protect people
from biting and nuisance insects.
Biological Control ✔️Ans - The use of predators, parasites, and
pathogens (insect diseases) can be effective in controlling some pest
species, if the beneficial organisms can establish themselves or if a
population can be maintained.
,Integrated Pest Management (IPM) ✔️Ans - This concept uses a
combination of biological, environmental and chemical control methods
IPM- How? ✔️Ans - Controlling pests by stressing non-chemical
methods is the goal of pest management programs
IPM- Why? ✔️Ans - An IPM program seeks to maintain to maintain
pest populations below the level at which they cause problems.
IPM ✔️Ans - It is an alternative and improved approach to traditional
pest management. I uses information on the life cycles of pests and their
interactions with the environment, in combination with available pest
control methods, to manage pests by the most economical means with the
least possible damage to people, property, and the environment.
IPM- Program ✔️Ans - Under an IPM program, spraying is used ONLY
when ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY
What is the difference between winged ants and termite swarmers?
✔️Ans - Thee key features can quickly identify winged ants:
1. A pinched waist
2. Elbowed antennae
3. Wings of different lengths
Which ant species has a heart-shaped abdomen? ✔️Ans - Acrobat Ant
Where do odorous house ants get their name? ✔️Ans - The odor they
give off when they are crushed, smells like rotten coconut
What type of control is best for red imported fire ants? ✔️Ans -
Broadcast baiting followed by mound drenching
What is "budding"? ✔️Ans - When pharaoh ants separate into
multiple colonies due to liquid insecticide treatment
Order ✔️Ans - Group of similar families
, Complete Metamorphosis ✔️Ans - Insect development consisting of
four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult
Castes ✔️Ans - - ants in a colony are grouped into castes based off of
the tasks they perform.
- Castes consist of workers, queens and alates.
Ant workers ✔️Ans - - Sterile females, and they make up the largest
cast in the ant colony
- The workers protect the nest against invaders, gather food, serve the
queen, and care for the young ants
Ants (food) ✔️Ans - - Collected by foraging workers is passed mouth
to mouth among themselves and to other workers, larvae, and the queen.
- This process is the only means by which the queen and larvae of the ant
colony can obtain food
- This transfer of food is an important element in the design and
effectiveness of ant baits
Alates ✔️Ans - Winged adult fertile males and females that leave
existing colonies to establish new ones
Male ants ✔️Ans - - Found in colonies only during swarmer
formation
- Sole purpose: mating, and most die soon afterwards.
Control of Ants ✔️Ans - - Usually multi-step process including
- Proper Identification
- Location of all nests
- Baiting
- Perimeter barrier treatment
- Non-chemical methods
Five Types of Ants in South Carolina that cause most problems ✔️Ans -
1. Red Imported Fire Ants
2. Argentine Ants
3. Odorous House Ants
4. Pharaoh Ants
5. Acrobat Ants
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