Texas Pest control category
Characterized by having essentially tubular segmented bodies, paired
and jointed bilateral symmetry, and a chitinous exoskeleton correct
appendages,
answersArthropod
Insects that develop without much change in form (ex
silverfish) correct
answersAmetabulo
us
Insects have immature with a different body structure than adults (ex
correct
dragonflies)
answersHemimetabulous
Paurometabulous correct answersInsects have 3 distinct stages: egg,
nymph,
crickets,adult (ex
cockroaches)
Insects undergo complete metamorphosis (ex ants, beetles,
flies correct
answersHolometabulo
us
These roaches prefer an outdoor habitat but move indoors during
seasonal
and migration
adverse weather conditions correct answersSmoky brown
roaches
How many species of roaches have been identified
A)
worldwide?
350
B)
C) 35,000 correct answersB)
3,500
3,500
Asian and German roaches can be distinguished apart by what
characteristics? and
answersHabitat correct
flight
Ants are members of which family? correct
answersFormicidae
The #1 pest in the US correct
answersAnts
There are approximately species of ants in the US correct
answers700
The larvae of these moths attack whole GRAINS and feed inside and
inside GRAINS (not flour) correct answersAngumois
often pupate
grain moth
Forewings are gray near the body & reddish near the tip; head & thorax
are reddish
correct answersIndian meal
moth
Attack grain BEFORE harvest & storage correct answersGranary &
rice weevils
, Elongated, flat, shiny reddish brown & about 1/8 inch long beetles correct
flour
answersRed
beetles
Small cylindrical slender dark brown beetles around 1/8 inch long;
very strongthat can cut through wood correct answersLesser
mandibles
grain borer
An expert is needed to provide exact identification of these
beetles correct
answersDermestid
beetles
There are over 55,000 described species correct
answersMites
Major pests of golf courses and cause physical & aesthetic damage when
they burrow
below the ground surface correct answersMole
crickets
herbivorous, feeding on plants correct
answersphytophagous
Feeding on other animals correct
answersZoophageous
Feeding on other insects correct
answersEntomophageous
Feeding on dead and decaying plant or animal materials correct
answerssaprophagous
One can use insect mouthparts to classify the type of damage an insect
can cause
A)
true
B) false correct answersA)
true
The larvae of the angumois grain moth feed
on flour.
A)
true
B) false correct answersB)
false
Which of the following Arthropods belong to the order
A)
Ixodida?
ticks
B)
C)lobster
spiders
s
D)mosquitos correct
answersA)ticks
Which characteristics separates the ticks and mites from the class
insecta?
A)lack of antennae
B)body is divided into 2 distinct regions
C) they have an exoskeleton made of chitin
D)they have 4 pair of legs in their adult stage
E) all of the above except for d
F) all of the above except for c correct answersF)all of the above
What family
except do hard ticks
for c
belong to?
A)ixodida
e
Characterized by having essentially tubular segmented bodies, paired
and jointed bilateral symmetry, and a chitinous exoskeleton correct
appendages,
answersArthropod
Insects that develop without much change in form (ex
silverfish) correct
answersAmetabulo
us
Insects have immature with a different body structure than adults (ex
correct
dragonflies)
answersHemimetabulous
Paurometabulous correct answersInsects have 3 distinct stages: egg,
nymph,
crickets,adult (ex
cockroaches)
Insects undergo complete metamorphosis (ex ants, beetles,
flies correct
answersHolometabulo
us
These roaches prefer an outdoor habitat but move indoors during
seasonal
and migration
adverse weather conditions correct answersSmoky brown
roaches
How many species of roaches have been identified
A)
worldwide?
350
B)
C) 35,000 correct answersB)
3,500
3,500
Asian and German roaches can be distinguished apart by what
characteristics? and
answersHabitat correct
flight
Ants are members of which family? correct
answersFormicidae
The #1 pest in the US correct
answersAnts
There are approximately species of ants in the US correct
answers700
The larvae of these moths attack whole GRAINS and feed inside and
inside GRAINS (not flour) correct answersAngumois
often pupate
grain moth
Forewings are gray near the body & reddish near the tip; head & thorax
are reddish
correct answersIndian meal
moth
Attack grain BEFORE harvest & storage correct answersGranary &
rice weevils
, Elongated, flat, shiny reddish brown & about 1/8 inch long beetles correct
flour
answersRed
beetles
Small cylindrical slender dark brown beetles around 1/8 inch long;
very strongthat can cut through wood correct answersLesser
mandibles
grain borer
An expert is needed to provide exact identification of these
beetles correct
answersDermestid
beetles
There are over 55,000 described species correct
answersMites
Major pests of golf courses and cause physical & aesthetic damage when
they burrow
below the ground surface correct answersMole
crickets
herbivorous, feeding on plants correct
answersphytophagous
Feeding on other animals correct
answersZoophageous
Feeding on other insects correct
answersEntomophageous
Feeding on dead and decaying plant or animal materials correct
answerssaprophagous
One can use insect mouthparts to classify the type of damage an insect
can cause
A)
true
B) false correct answersA)
true
The larvae of the angumois grain moth feed
on flour.
A)
true
B) false correct answersB)
false
Which of the following Arthropods belong to the order
A)
Ixodida?
ticks
B)
C)lobster
spiders
s
D)mosquitos correct
answersA)ticks
Which characteristics separates the ticks and mites from the class
insecta?
A)lack of antennae
B)body is divided into 2 distinct regions
C) they have an exoskeleton made of chitin
D)they have 4 pair of legs in their adult stage
E) all of the above except for d
F) all of the above except for c correct answersF)all of the above
What family
except do hard ticks
for c
belong to?
A)ixodida
e
