PEST CONTROL OPERATOR TEST (STORED FOOD PESTS) EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS

PEST CONTROL OPERATOR TEST
(STORED FOOD PESTS) EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
The larva of this stored grain pest is "C" shaped, has rather numerous and long body
hairs (setae) and gives it a "fuzzy" appearance. - ANSWER-Cigarette beetle

This minute six-legged stored grain pest is a secondary feeder - ANSWER-Psocid (book
louse)

This minute eight-legged stored grain pest is a secondary feeder - ANSWER-Grain Mite

This small stored grain pest resembles a spider - ANSWER-Spider Beetle

This is probably the smallest of the store grain beetles - ANSWER-Flat grain beetle

Grain mites prefer moist grain (True or false) - ANSWER-True

Indian meal moth adults, if disturbed, fly in irregular in zig-zag patterns. - ANSWER-
True

Red flour beetles are found primarily in the the northern states - ANSWER-False

Granary weevils are found primarily in the Southern States - ANSWER-False

Merchant grain beetles are found primarily in Northern states - ANSWER-True

Rice weevils are found primarily in southern states - ANSWER-True

Confused flour beetles fly - ANSWER-False

Granary weevils fly - ANSWER-False

Red flour beetles fly - ANSWER-True

Rice weevils fly - ANSWER-True

Most stored grain moths fly are repelled by lights and fly in darker areas - ANSWER-
False