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Texas Pest Control Category Practice Test 2023 Q &A
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Texas Pest Control Category Practice Test 2023 Q &AOriental Cockroach - Answer- A medium to large sized glossy dark brown to black cockroach with wings shorter than the abdomen.
Flour Beetles - Answer- Insects that damage stored food by chewing in both the adult and larval stage.
Indian Meal Moth - Answer- The adult insect that has wings and can fly
Red Flour Beetle - Answer- The beetle that is elongated, flat, shiny reddish brown, about 1/8 inch long, can fly, and has three antennal segments enlarged abruptly into a club.
Insects with complete metamorphosis go through four life stages. - Answer- Egg, larvae,
pupae, adult
Infested flour shoes large amount of webbing with larvae actively feeding. Small, reddish-gray moths are the Adult form. Larvae are not spotted. - Answer- Indian Meal Moth
Ground Beetles prey on - Answer- Other Insects
When considering pest management of house flies and related species of flies, consider
chemical control only after you have established a sound program including. - Answer- Sanitation & Exclusion
German Cockroaches & Asian cockroaches can be distinguished from one another by...
- Answer- Habitat & flight
T or F The granary weevil attacks grain before harvest and storage - Answer- True
T or F Smoky brown cockroaches prefer an outside habitat but move indoors during seasonal migration and adverse weather conditions.. - Answer- True
T or F The larvae of the Angoumois grain moth fedd on flour - Answer- False
T or F The larval stage of a fly is called a maggot - Answer- True
T or F The larvae of the house fly develop in animal waste or rotting fruits and vegetables. - Answer- True
T or F Dermestid beetles can attack and destroy pantry materials, such as grain and flour, as well as on woolens, furs, and feathers. - Answer- True What does the house dust mite feed on? - Answer- Shed Skin Scales
House dust mites are linked to and often thought to be the cause of what disease? - Answer- Asthma
Clover Mites Cause most of their damage by? - Answer- Staining Walls and furniture when crushed
Earwigs have a distinctive pincer-like structure on the end of the abdomen T or F - Answer- True
Centipedes have two paid of legs per body segment, while millipedes have one pair of legs per body segment T or F - Answer- False
Ants belong to what insect family? - Answer- Formicidae
Control of ants in accomplished thru what? - Answer- Use of Baits, Treating the nest and surrounding areas directly, Application of insecticides to area where the ants gain entry to house.
What cricket species are considered a pest of gold course due to their tunneling anbd feeding behavior? - Answer- Mole Cricket
Which spiders have venom and can be deadly to humans? - Answer- Black Widow
Brown Widow
Brown Recluse
Spiders belong to the class Arachnida & order Araneae which makes them insects T or F - Answer- False
Which of the following arthropods belong to the class Acari? - Answer- Ticks
Which characteristics differentiate arthropods that belong to the class Acari from the class Insecta? - Answer- Lack of Antennae
Body is divided into 2 distinct regions
They have 4 pairs of legs in their adult stage
What family do the hard ticks belong to? - Answer- Ixodidae
This spider-like tick species spends most of its time off the host in cracks ad crevices and feeds primary on poultry but will attack humans if their primary host is removed? - Answer- Argas Persicus
What species of mites will invade homes and attck humans after their primary host is excluded or removed? - Answer- Ornithonyssus
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