Texas Pest Control Categories Questions with
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Characterized by having essentially tubular segmented bodies, paired and jointed
appendages, bilateral symmetry, and a chitinous exoskeleton
Arthropod
Insects that develop without much change in form (ex silverfish)
Ametabulous
Insects have immature with a different body structure than adults (ex dragonflies)
Hemimetabulous
Paurometabulous
Insects have 3 distinct stages: egg, nymph, adult (ex crickets, cockroaches)
Insects undergo complete metamorphosis (ex ants, beetles, flies
Holometabulous
These roaches prefer an outdoor habitat but move indoors during seasonal migration
and adverse weather conditions
Smoky brown roaches
How many species of roaches have been identified worldwide?
A) 350
B) 3,500
C) 35,000
B) 3,500
,Asian and German roaches can be distinguished apart by what characteristics?
Habitat and flight
Ants are members of which family?
Formicidae
The #1 pest in the US
Ants
There are approximately______species of ants in the US
700
The larvae of these moths attack whole GRAINS and feed inside and often pupate
inside GRAINS (not flour)
Angumois grain moth
Forewings are gray near the body & reddish near the tip; head & thorax are reddish
Indian meal moth
Attack grain BEFORE harvest & storage
Granary & rice weevils
Elongated, flat, shiny reddish brown & about 1/8 inch long beetles
Red flour beetles
Small cylindrical slender dark brown beetles around 1/8 inch long; very strong
mandibles that can cut through wood
Lesser grain borer
, An expert is needed to provide exact identification of these beetles
Dermestid beetles
There are over 55,000 described species
Mites
Major pests of golf courses and cause physical & aesthetic damage when they burrow
below the ground surface
Mole crickets
herbivorous, feeding on plants
phytophagous
Feeding on other animals
Zoophageous
Feeding on other insects
Entomophageous
Feeding on dead and decaying plant or animal materials
saprophagous
One can use insect mouthparts to classify the type of damage an insect can cause
A) true
B) false
A) true
100% Correct Answers
Characterized by having essentially tubular segmented bodies, paired and jointed
appendages, bilateral symmetry, and a chitinous exoskeleton
Arthropod
Insects that develop without much change in form (ex silverfish)
Ametabulous
Insects have immature with a different body structure than adults (ex dragonflies)
Hemimetabulous
Paurometabulous
Insects have 3 distinct stages: egg, nymph, adult (ex crickets, cockroaches)
Insects undergo complete metamorphosis (ex ants, beetles, flies
Holometabulous
These roaches prefer an outdoor habitat but move indoors during seasonal migration
and adverse weather conditions
Smoky brown roaches
How many species of roaches have been identified worldwide?
A) 350
B) 3,500
C) 35,000
B) 3,500
,Asian and German roaches can be distinguished apart by what characteristics?
Habitat and flight
Ants are members of which family?
Formicidae
The #1 pest in the US
Ants
There are approximately______species of ants in the US
700
The larvae of these moths attack whole GRAINS and feed inside and often pupate
inside GRAINS (not flour)
Angumois grain moth
Forewings are gray near the body & reddish near the tip; head & thorax are reddish
Indian meal moth
Attack grain BEFORE harvest & storage
Granary & rice weevils
Elongated, flat, shiny reddish brown & about 1/8 inch long beetles
Red flour beetles
Small cylindrical slender dark brown beetles around 1/8 inch long; very strong
mandibles that can cut through wood
Lesser grain borer
, An expert is needed to provide exact identification of these beetles
Dermestid beetles
There are over 55,000 described species
Mites
Major pests of golf courses and cause physical & aesthetic damage when they burrow
below the ground surface
Mole crickets
herbivorous, feeding on plants
phytophagous
Feeding on other animals
Zoophageous
Feeding on other insects
Entomophageous
Feeding on dead and decaying plant or animal materials
saprophagous
One can use insect mouthparts to classify the type of damage an insect can cause
A) true
B) false
A) true
