Texas Pest Control Category Practice Test
Questions With Correct Answers
Oriental 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
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