GEORGIA REGISTRATION EXAM STUDY
SET EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Termites undergo what type of metamorphosis? - Answer-Incomplete Metamorphosis
(immature stage looks like adult stage)
Termites: Workers - Answer-Make up at least 80% of colony numbers
Termites: Soldiers - Answer-Protect colony from attack by enemies like ants
Termites: Nymphs - Answer-Workers that are progressing through several molts to
become adults called alates.
Termites: Alates - Answer-Adults that leave the colony on an annual flight called a
swarm.
Termites: Neotenics - Answer-Are replacements for the king or queen if they die or
supplementary reproductive (if colony has a king and queen)
Swarming Termite Traits - Answer-1. Straight Antennae
2. They have 2 pair of equal length wings
3. Broad waist
Swarming Ant Traits - Answer-1. Bend Antennae
2. They have 2 pair of unequal length wings
3. Narrow waist
Two types of termites in Georgia - Answer-1. Subterranean
2. Drywood
Subterranean Termites - Answer--Will maintain connection to soil
-Follow crack and crevices for food
-Use soil and excrement to build shelter tubes
-Swarming: Formodans fly at dusk in late My or early June; Natives will swarm morning
or early afternoon from February to early June
Drywood termites - Answer--Don't require ground contact
-Have distinctive fecal pellets
-Swarm in late evening from spring to early fall
Carpenter Ants - Answer-Do not eat the wood they just chew it out wet/ rotten wood to
make a nest area. Largest ants in GA. Leave small piles of wood shavings.
, Wood-Boring Beetles - Answer-1. True Powderpost Beetles or lyctid powderpost
beetles
2. Deathwatch or Anobiid Powderpost beetles
3. False Powederpost beetles
4. Old House Borer
True or Lyctid Powderpost Beetle - Answer-feed on hardwood lumber (oak, hickory,
maple) and usually don't re-infest wood while the larvae produce a fine powdery
frass that is shaped as 'pellets' when fresh
The Deathwatch or Anobiid powderpost beetles - Answer-feed on softwood lumber
(pine)
can re-infest wood and produce a very fine, powdery frass
The False Powderpost Beetle - Answer-Feed on variety of wood and plant materials
and produce a frass with 'chunks' of wood that leave gritty feel
Old House Borer - Answer-Brownish to blackish; Causes great structural damage and
spreads fairly rapidly; Eat softwoods; Can be found in old or new housing; Will reinfest.
Brown rot fungi - Answer-degrade cellulose and leave difficult to degrade lignin behind
white rot fungi - Answer-degrade lignin and cellulose. leave stringy white material
Norway Rat - Answer--Large, weighs up to 18 oz
-Small eyes, ears and blunt nose
-Nest in ground burrows
-Eat anything but prefer meats
- Had 4 to 7 litters per year with 8 to 12 in a litter
Roof Rat - Answer--Sleek appearance, weights up to 9 oz
-Large eyes, ears and pointed nose
-Nests in vines, walls, trees and attics
-Eat anything but prefers fruits and vegetables
-Has 4 to 6 litters per year with 4 to 8 in a litter
House Mouse - Answer--Slender appearance, weighs up to 1 oz
-Small eyes, large ears, and pointed nose
-Nests in structures
-Eat anything but prefers grains
-Has 8 litters per year with 4 to 7 in a litter
IMP Control Methods - Answer-1. Exclusion
2. Habitat Modification
3. Sanitation
4. Repellents
SET EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Termites undergo what type of metamorphosis? - Answer-Incomplete Metamorphosis
(immature stage looks like adult stage)
Termites: Workers - Answer-Make up at least 80% of colony numbers
Termites: Soldiers - Answer-Protect colony from attack by enemies like ants
Termites: Nymphs - Answer-Workers that are progressing through several molts to
become adults called alates.
Termites: Alates - Answer-Adults that leave the colony on an annual flight called a
swarm.
Termites: Neotenics - Answer-Are replacements for the king or queen if they die or
supplementary reproductive (if colony has a king and queen)
Swarming Termite Traits - Answer-1. Straight Antennae
2. They have 2 pair of equal length wings
3. Broad waist
Swarming Ant Traits - Answer-1. Bend Antennae
2. They have 2 pair of unequal length wings
3. Narrow waist
Two types of termites in Georgia - Answer-1. Subterranean
2. Drywood
Subterranean Termites - Answer--Will maintain connection to soil
-Follow crack and crevices for food
-Use soil and excrement to build shelter tubes
-Swarming: Formodans fly at dusk in late My or early June; Natives will swarm morning
or early afternoon from February to early June
Drywood termites - Answer--Don't require ground contact
-Have distinctive fecal pellets
-Swarm in late evening from spring to early fall
Carpenter Ants - Answer-Do not eat the wood they just chew it out wet/ rotten wood to
make a nest area. Largest ants in GA. Leave small piles of wood shavings.
, Wood-Boring Beetles - Answer-1. True Powderpost Beetles or lyctid powderpost
beetles
2. Deathwatch or Anobiid Powderpost beetles
3. False Powederpost beetles
4. Old House Borer
True or Lyctid Powderpost Beetle - Answer-feed on hardwood lumber (oak, hickory,
maple) and usually don't re-infest wood while the larvae produce a fine powdery
frass that is shaped as 'pellets' when fresh
The Deathwatch or Anobiid powderpost beetles - Answer-feed on softwood lumber
(pine)
can re-infest wood and produce a very fine, powdery frass
The False Powderpost Beetle - Answer-Feed on variety of wood and plant materials
and produce a frass with 'chunks' of wood that leave gritty feel
Old House Borer - Answer-Brownish to blackish; Causes great structural damage and
spreads fairly rapidly; Eat softwoods; Can be found in old or new housing; Will reinfest.
Brown rot fungi - Answer-degrade cellulose and leave difficult to degrade lignin behind
white rot fungi - Answer-degrade lignin and cellulose. leave stringy white material
Norway Rat - Answer--Large, weighs up to 18 oz
-Small eyes, ears and blunt nose
-Nest in ground burrows
-Eat anything but prefer meats
- Had 4 to 7 litters per year with 8 to 12 in a litter
Roof Rat - Answer--Sleek appearance, weights up to 9 oz
-Large eyes, ears and pointed nose
-Nests in vines, walls, trees and attics
-Eat anything but prefers fruits and vegetables
-Has 4 to 6 litters per year with 4 to 8 in a litter
House Mouse - Answer--Slender appearance, weighs up to 1 oz
-Small eyes, large ears, and pointed nose
-Nests in structures
-Eat anything but prefers grains
-Has 8 litters per year with 4 to 7 in a litter
IMP Control Methods - Answer-1. Exclusion
2. Habitat Modification
3. Sanitation
4. Repellents
