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Texas Termite Technician |Actual
Questions With Verified Answers
2026
___ in wood surfaces are an indication of powder post beetles - correct-answer -
Small "shot hole" exit openings in wood surfaces
Lyctid (True Powder post Beetle) characteristics: - correct-answer -Small adults -
1/8" to 1/4" long - reddish brown/black
Head visible from above
Females lay eggs in the PORES of HARDWOODS
Sapwood of hardwoods is eaten by larvae
Frass resembles a flour or talc and falls out of exit holes
____ are second, only to termites in their destruction of structural woods -
correct-answer -Lyctid (True powderpost beetles)
Anobiid Beetles are: - correct-answer -Furniture and Deathwatch Beetles
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Anobiid (Furniture and Deathwatch) beetle characteristics: - correct-answer -Head
not visible from above
No antennal club
Course powdery frass containing bun-shaped fecal pellets
Bostrichid Beetles are: - correct-answer -False Powderpost and horned
powderpost beetles
Bostrichid (False powderpost/horned powderpost) beetle characteristics: -
correct-answer -Head usually not visible (many atypical individuals though)
Antennal club has 3-4 segments
Tightly packed frass the sticks together, meal-like with no pellets
Carpenter ant color variations: - correct-answer -Dark brown to red to black
Carpenter ants seek out ___ in which to build their nests - correct-answer -
Soft/moist wood - particularly that which has begun to decay
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Winged forms of carpenter ants are typically not formed/produced until the
colony is at least ___ years old - correct-answer -At least 3 years old
Carpenter ants do not actually eat wood, but rather: - correct-answer -Excavate
galleries in the wood to rear their young
The damage of carpenter ants is easily distinguished from termites in that: -
correct-answer -Galleries are excavated without regard for the grain of wood,
rather following the softer portions of the wood
Primary areas to find carpenter ant nests indoors: - correct-answer -Wood affected
by water seepage
wood in contact with soil
wood adjacent to dirt-filled slab porches
firewood piled in garages or next to houses
Carpenter bees resemble bumble bees but can be distinguished by: - correct-
answer -shiny, black hairless abdomens
Texas Termite Technician |Actual
Questions With Verified Answers
2026
___ in wood surfaces are an indication of powder post beetles - correct-answer -
Small "shot hole" exit openings in wood surfaces
Lyctid (True Powder post Beetle) characteristics: - correct-answer -Small adults -
1/8" to 1/4" long - reddish brown/black
Head visible from above
Females lay eggs in the PORES of HARDWOODS
Sapwood of hardwoods is eaten by larvae
Frass resembles a flour or talc and falls out of exit holes
____ are second, only to termites in their destruction of structural woods -
correct-answer -Lyctid (True powderpost beetles)
Anobiid Beetles are: - correct-answer -Furniture and Deathwatch Beetles
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Anobiid (Furniture and Deathwatch) beetle characteristics: - correct-answer -Head
not visible from above
No antennal club
Course powdery frass containing bun-shaped fecal pellets
Bostrichid Beetles are: - correct-answer -False Powderpost and horned
powderpost beetles
Bostrichid (False powderpost/horned powderpost) beetle characteristics: -
correct-answer -Head usually not visible (many atypical individuals though)
Antennal club has 3-4 segments
Tightly packed frass the sticks together, meal-like with no pellets
Carpenter ant color variations: - correct-answer -Dark brown to red to black
Carpenter ants seek out ___ in which to build their nests - correct-answer -
Soft/moist wood - particularly that which has begun to decay
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Winged forms of carpenter ants are typically not formed/produced until the
colony is at least ___ years old - correct-answer -At least 3 years old
Carpenter ants do not actually eat wood, but rather: - correct-answer -Excavate
galleries in the wood to rear their young
The damage of carpenter ants is easily distinguished from termites in that: -
correct-answer -Galleries are excavated without regard for the grain of wood,
rather following the softer portions of the wood
Primary areas to find carpenter ant nests indoors: - correct-answer -Wood affected
by water seepage
wood in contact with soil
wood adjacent to dirt-filled slab porches
firewood piled in garages or next to houses
Carpenter bees resemble bumble bees but can be distinguished by: - correct-
answer -shiny, black hairless abdomens
