Texas Pest Control Category Practice
Test
Which species of lice lives primarily in the clothing of its human host except when
feeding? - ✔️✔️Body Lice
Pests of animals and humans and negatively affect their well being. - ✔️✔️Lice
Fleas
Ticks
Mites
Kissing Bugs
Which life stage of the chigger mite is parasitic on other animals and often attacks
humans? - ✔️✔️Larval
Red Flour Beetle - ✔️✔️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. - ✔️✔️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. - ✔️✔️Indian Meal Moth
Ground Beetles prey on - ✔️✔️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. -
✔️✔️Sanitation & Exclusion
German Cockroaches & Asian cockroaches can be distinguished from one another by...
- ✔️✔️Habitat & flight
T or F The granary weevil attacks grain before harvest and storage - ✔️✔️True
T or F Smoky brown cockroaches prefer an outside habitat but move indoors during
seasonal migration and adverse weather conditions.. - ✔️✔️True
T or F The larvae of the Angoumois grain moth fedd on flour - ✔️✔️False
T or F The larval stage of a fly is called a maggot - ✔️✔️True
, T or F The larvae of the house fly develop in animal waste or rotting fruits and
vegetables. - ✔️✔️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. - ✔️✔️True
What does the house dust mite feed on? - ✔️✔️Shed Skin Scales
House dust mites are linked to and often thought to be the cause of what disease? -
✔️✔️Asthma
Clover Mites Cause most of their damage by? - ✔️✔️Staining Walls and furniture when
crushed
Earwigs have a distinctive pincer-like structure on the end of the abdomen T or F -
✔️✔️True
Centipedes have two paid of legs per body segment, while millipedes have one pair of
legs per body segment T or F - ✔️✔️False
Ants belong to what insect family? - ✔️✔️Formicidae
Oriental Cockroach - ✔️✔️A medium to large sized glossy dark brown to black
cockroach with wings shorter than the abdomen.
Flour Beetles - ✔️✔️Insects that damage stored food by chewing in both the adult and
larval stage.
Indian Meal Moth - ✔️✔️The adult insect that has wings and can fly
Control of ants in accomplished thru what? - ✔️✔️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? - ✔️✔️Mole Cricket
Which spiders have venom and can be deadly to humans? - ✔️✔️Black Widow
Brown Widow
Brown Recluse
Test
Which species of lice lives primarily in the clothing of its human host except when
feeding? - ✔️✔️Body Lice
Pests of animals and humans and negatively affect their well being. - ✔️✔️Lice
Fleas
Ticks
Mites
Kissing Bugs
Which life stage of the chigger mite is parasitic on other animals and often attacks
humans? - ✔️✔️Larval
Red Flour Beetle - ✔️✔️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. - ✔️✔️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. - ✔️✔️Indian Meal Moth
Ground Beetles prey on - ✔️✔️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. -
✔️✔️Sanitation & Exclusion
German Cockroaches & Asian cockroaches can be distinguished from one another by...
- ✔️✔️Habitat & flight
T or F The granary weevil attacks grain before harvest and storage - ✔️✔️True
T or F Smoky brown cockroaches prefer an outside habitat but move indoors during
seasonal migration and adverse weather conditions.. - ✔️✔️True
T or F The larvae of the Angoumois grain moth fedd on flour - ✔️✔️False
T or F The larval stage of a fly is called a maggot - ✔️✔️True
, T or F The larvae of the house fly develop in animal waste or rotting fruits and
vegetables. - ✔️✔️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. - ✔️✔️True
What does the house dust mite feed on? - ✔️✔️Shed Skin Scales
House dust mites are linked to and often thought to be the cause of what disease? -
✔️✔️Asthma
Clover Mites Cause most of their damage by? - ✔️✔️Staining Walls and furniture when
crushed
Earwigs have a distinctive pincer-like structure on the end of the abdomen T or F -
✔️✔️True
Centipedes have two paid of legs per body segment, while millipedes have one pair of
legs per body segment T or F - ✔️✔️False
Ants belong to what insect family? - ✔️✔️Formicidae
Oriental Cockroach - ✔️✔️A medium to large sized glossy dark brown to black
cockroach with wings shorter than the abdomen.
Flour Beetles - ✔️✔️Insects that damage stored food by chewing in both the adult and
larval stage.
Indian Meal Moth - ✔️✔️The adult insect that has wings and can fly
Control of ants in accomplished thru what? - ✔️✔️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? - ✔️✔️Mole Cricket
Which spiders have venom and can be deadly to humans? - ✔️✔️Black Widow
Brown Widow
Brown Recluse
