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Falsifiable concentrates (EC or E) - Answer-Formulations made up of the technical material, solvents and emulsifiers. Some agitation is required. Once dry, pesticide residue is barley visible. Wettable Powder (WP) - Answer-These formulations are made by impregnating or coating an appropriate powder with the technical insecticide. Wettable Powders do not dissolve in water and frequent agitation is usually required. Heavy applications may leave visible deposits. Soluble Powders (SP) - Answer-May look like Wettable Powders but they dissolve and form true solutions when dilute with water. Less visible than Wettable Powders after drying, Frequent agitation is not required. Suspension Concentrates (SC) - Answer-Products made with small particles suspended in oil solvents or water. Easy mix, require little or no agitation and remain stable for a long time. Have a greatly reduced inhalation hazard because they come in a liquid form. Flowable Liquids - Answer-Contains concentrated water dispersible powders in a liquid form. These powders may stay suspended for a long time. Flowable liquids are easy to handle and have excellent dilution properties. Microencapsulated Formulations (ME) - Answer-manufactured by suspending liquid or solid pesticide particles in microcapsules. By altering the membrane of the microcapsules, the residual performance, speed and action and odor can be affected. May clog sprayers and leave visible residue. Dusts (D) - Answer-Made by combining and insecticide with a dust diluent (usually inert) Some products such as Boric Acid Dusts, are almost totally comprised of Boric Acid and may have small amounts of other ingredients added. Drifts are a major issue. Granules - Answer-Made by coating or impregnating an inert carrier with an insecticide. Made of materials, such as, clay, corn cobs, pecan shells, saw dust, etc. Formulations are ready to use and used mostly for exterior perimeter of buildings for the control of crawling insects. Also is water activated.Baits - Answer-Combination of a insecticide with an attractive carrier/food that the target pest prefers. Pheromone attractants are added to increase the effects. Comes in forms of gels, granules, paste, pellets, powders or liquids. Fumigants - Answer-toxic gases such as methyl bromine that are used to kill pests. Vitamin-K - Answer-The antidote to consuming Anti-coagulants. LD-50 - Answer-the amount of a chemical that kills 50% of the animals in a test population. LC-50 - Answer-the lethal concentration in air or water required to kill 50% of the population. Acute Toxicity - Answer-adverse effects occur within a short period after exposure to toxin. Chronic Toxicity - Answer-Repeated exposure over time to sub-lethal doses of chemicals. Signal Word - Answer-Indicates how toxic a product is and how dangerous. Danger - Answer-Category 1 Highly toxic LD-50 (0-50 mg/kg) a taste to a teaspoon could kill you. Warning - Answer-Category 2 moderately toxic LD-50 (50-500 mg/kg) a teaspoon to a tablespoon could kill you. Caution - Answer-Category 3 slightly toxic LD-50 (500-5,000 mg/kg) an ounce to more than a pint can kill you. Type of pesticide - Answer-General terms what type of pests are to be controlled and also type of formulation. Net Contents - Answer-Found on the front of the label along the bottom edge Indicates the quantity of formulation in the package Expressed in weight, volume, or count.(EPA) Registration and Establishment Numbers - Answer-Indicates the pesticide has been registered. Number will tell you which location and facility the product was made at. EPA - Answer-Environmental Protection Agency. Precautionary Statement - Answer-Protection precautions of applicators and other people or animals who may be exposed to the product. Will see heading (Hazards to humans and domestic animals) Statement of Practical Treatment - Answer-lists first aid treatments recommended in case of poisoning or accidental exposure. Environmental Hazard - Answer-Pesticide maybe harmful to the environment. Physical or Chemical Hazards - Answer-Potential hazards such as fire, explosion or chemical reaction the product may cause. Re-entry Statement - Answer-A requirement of the use of a chemical dictating when one can re-enter the area where the chemical has been applied. Directions For Use - Answer-Instructions to tell you how to use the pesticide. (IPM) Integrated Pest Managment - Answer-A process used to solve pest problems while minimizing risks to people and the environment. Spot Treatment - Answer-The treatment of an area (2 square feet or less) Broadcast Treatment - Answer-Treatment of a large area of crops, or fields of vegetation. Space Treatment - Answer-c Drift - Answer-Unintentional airborne movement of pesticide to a non-target area. Dermal - Answer-Most common way that applicators are exposed to pesticides.Service Container labels - Answer-Contains name of pesticide EPA registration number Active ingredient Signal word Name, address and # number of firm responsible for the container. Spill Kit - Answer-Contains absorbent material (Cat litter, sawdust, sweeping compound, paper towels, etc) Comes with a heavy duty trash bag broom and dust pan. Spill greater then 2 gallon in CA - Answer-Must notify the County Agriculture Commissioner. B&G - Answer-Standard hand compressed sprayer. Power Sprayer - Answer-Not commonly used anymore, but occasionally used when large areas need pest control treatment. Bulb Duster - Answer-Balloon shaped and usually all made of rubber, squeeze to use. Aerosols - Answer-Tiny solid and liquid particles suspended in the atmosphere, some cans are refillable. German Cockroach - Answer-These cockroaches are pale brown, Commonly found in apartments, homes, hotels and restaurants. Identified by two dark longitudinal stripes on its pronotum. Has wings but cannot fly. Oriental Cockroach - Answer-These cockroaches are dark brown sometimes nearly black in color. Do not fly, prefer dark damp areas often sewers, feed on filth and rubbish and other decaying organic matter. American Cockroach - Answer-These cockroaches are the largest of the species. Reddish brown in color with a pale or brown yellow band around the edge of the pronotum. Adults can fly, prefer moist shady areas such ass basements crawl spaces, hollow trees and palms, around plumbing and in sewers.Brown Branded Cockroach - Answer-Smaller roach light brown in color with two light bands running across the body. Adults can fly, commonly found throughout buildings on ceilings, high on walls, behind pictures, light fixtures, near motors of refrigerators and other appliances. Prefer feeding on starchy materials but can be found feeding on mostly anything. Smokeybrown Cockroach - Answer-This cockroach is in the larger species dark brown to mahogany color. The pronotum is uniformly dark brown with no pattern. Feed on food scraps, insects, animal excrement, and plant materials. Commonly found in planter boxes, tree-holes and water meters. May be occasionally found in kitchens, baths, attics and garages. Are attracted to lights and prefer warm and humid areas. Turkestan Cockroach - Answer-These male cockroaches have yellowish-tan wings. Females are dark brown. Typically found in-ground utility and irrigation boxes, cracks or expansion joints in concrete. Have been seen eating cat and dog food, animal excrement, rotting fruits and vegetables, pelleted animal feed, hay and various types of seeds. Argentine Ant - Answer-This ant is a severe pest in Southern CA. Eats sweets, sometimes proteins. Nest outdoors in shallow mounds. Carpenter Ant - Answer-These ants are large and black. (Do not eat wood!) Prefer sweets but will also feed on other insects as well as people food. Nest in tree stumps, firewood, fence posts, hollow doors or window frames. Leave frass that looks like pencil shavings (Hence the name insects name) Odorous House Ants - Answer-These ants are brownish black in color, has multiple queens per colony. Nest in shallow mounds in soil or debris, or indoors in wall voids, around water pipes or heaters. Commonly confused with Argentine Ants but when crushed this insect gives off a very unpleasant odor. Velvety Tree Ants - Answer-These ants have one queen per colony, black head and abdomen with a red thorax. Prefers sweets and insects. Nest in dead wood, such as in old tree limbs, stumps and logs. Often invade picnic or outdoor barbecue areas. Will also produce a foul odor when crushed.