Branch 2 Field Rep (SPCB) – Beetle Questions and Answers 100% Pass

Branch 2 Field Rep (SPCB) – Beetle Questions and Answers 100% Pass True or False: Carpet beetles are pests in warehouses and museums. True: They are pests in warehouses, homes, museums, and other locations where suitable food exists. In California, how many species of carpet beetles are there that cause serious damage to fabrics, carpets, furs, stored food, and preserved specimens? 3 Name the three species of carpet beetles in California. The varied carpet beetle, the furniture carpet beetle, and the black carpet beetle. This adult carpet beetle, Anthrenus verbasci, is about 1/10 inch long and black with an irregular pattern of white, brown, and dark yellow scales on its wing covers, or elytra. What is its common name? Varied Carpet Beetles Indoors, varied carpet beetles deposit eggs on or near at least 13 different items. Name at least 7 different items one could expect to find carpet beetle eggs and larvae: Wool carpets and rugs, woolen goods, animal skins, furs, stuffed animals, leather book bindings, feathers, animal horns, whalebone, hair, silk, dried plant products, and other materials that can serve as larval food Adults of this beetle usually appear in spring or early summer; indoors, you'll often find them near windows. What is the name of the beetle? Varied Carpet Beetle Mature larvae of these beetles are slightly longer than adults and are covered with dense tufts of hair they extend upright to form a round plume if disturbed. What is the beetle? Varied Carpet Beetle Coloration and markings vary, but this beetle generally has a mottled appearance due to the black spots that intersperse the white and dark yellow to orange scales on its wing covers. What beetle is it? Furniture Carpet Beetle The larvae of this beetle are white at first but darken to dark red or chestnut brown as they mature. In contrast to other larvae of different carpet beetles, these larvae are broader in front and narrower at the rear. What beetle species is this? Furniture Carpet Beetle True or False: Varied Carpet Beetle larvae eat a much broader variety of things than the larvae of the Furniture Carpet Beetle. False: Larvae of the furniture carpet beetle feed on the same types of items as varied carpet beetle larvae. True or False: In California and other arid areas, the black carpet beetle is a more serious stored- product pest than a fabric pest. True. True or False: Carpet beetles do the MOST damage when they are fully developed (matured). Their voracious appetite is the result of the incredible speed in which they lay eggs. False silly man: The LARVAE (maggot) stage.