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Test Bank & Study Guide
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Terms in this set (431)
How much is an employee registration card? 10
Number of different insect species 1,000,000
(Stored product pest) Larva develops in kernel or grain
(Stored product pest) Larvae develops develops outside but feeds on whole grains and
processed
(Stored product pest) Only attack grains that have already been damaged or fed on
(Stored product pest) Infest grains that are old or moldy
2 disadvantages of emulsion Phytotoxic and being absorbed into porous surfaces
2 disadvantages of wettable powders Difficult to mix, can be inhaled while being mixed
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3 large roaches American, smokey brown, austrailian
4 medium roaches Oriental, woods,cuban,surinam
4 small roaches German,Asian brown banded, woods
5 flies that bite man black fly, horse fly, sand flies, deer flies, stable flies
5 reasons german roaches are successful thigomotatic, carry egg capsule, high reproductive potential, resistance
to pesticides, can find harborage in many areas
Acrobat Ant builds nests in the dead wood of trees
Acute Rodenticides (Non-Anticoagulant) Zinc Phosphide, Bromethalin (Vengance), Cholecalciferol (Quintox)
Adults are small, dark, hard bodied, laterally Fleas
flattened wingless insects that jump
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Adults are small, their bites may cause itching, Sucking Lice
have piercing sucking mouthparts, take a blood
meal, and stay firmly attached to the body hairs of
the host
Adults are small, wingless insects that jump when Springtails
leaves are moved. they prefer moist areas inside
Adults have only one pair of wings Flies and Mosquitos
aedes aegypti mosquito that transmits yellow fever and plague
Aerosol liquid insecticide solution that in pressurized in a can with a propellant
to produce small fine droplets when released
Allegheny Mound Ant Medium sized, 1 noded, builds dome shaped mounds
Ambrosia beetle Beetle does not eat wood, eats fungus brought into holes into the
wood, frass emerges in tubes
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Terms in this set (431)
How much is an employee registration card? 10
Number of different insect species 1,000,000
(Stored product pest) Larva develops in kernel or grain
(Stored product pest) Larvae develops develops outside but feeds on whole grains and
processed
(Stored product pest) Only attack grains that have already been damaged or fed on
(Stored product pest) Infest grains that are old or moldy
2 disadvantages of emulsion Phytotoxic and being absorbed into porous surfaces
2 disadvantages of wettable powders Difficult to mix, can be inhaled while being mixed
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3 large roaches American, smokey brown, austrailian
4 medium roaches Oriental, woods,cuban,surinam
4 small roaches German,Asian brown banded, woods
5 flies that bite man black fly, horse fly, sand flies, deer flies, stable flies
5 reasons german roaches are successful thigomotatic, carry egg capsule, high reproductive potential, resistance
to pesticides, can find harborage in many areas
Acrobat Ant builds nests in the dead wood of trees
Acute Rodenticides (Non-Anticoagulant) Zinc Phosphide, Bromethalin (Vengance), Cholecalciferol (Quintox)
Adults are small, dark, hard bodied, laterally Fleas
flattened wingless insects that jump
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Adults are small, their bites may cause itching, Sucking Lice
have piercing sucking mouthparts, take a blood
meal, and stay firmly attached to the body hairs of
the host
Adults are small, wingless insects that jump when Springtails
leaves are moved. they prefer moist areas inside
Adults have only one pair of wings Flies and Mosquitos
aedes aegypti mosquito that transmits yellow fever and plague
Aerosol liquid insecticide solution that in pressurized in a can with a propellant
to produce small fine droplets when released
Allegheny Mound Ant Medium sized, 1 noded, builds dome shaped mounds
Ambrosia beetle Beetle does not eat wood, eats fungus brought into holes into the
wood, frass emerges in tubes
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