1
Texas Pest control category Questions with
Correct Answers for Specific Exam Mail
Characterized by having essentially tubular segmented bodies, paired and
jointed appendages, bilateral symmetry, and a chitinous exoskeleton
Ans: Arthropod
Insects that develop without much change in form (ex silverfish)
Ans: Ametabulous
Insects have immature with a different body structure than adults (ex
dragonflies)
Ans: Hemimetabulous
Paurometabulous
Ans: Insects have 3 distinct stages: egg, nymph, adult (ex crickets,
cockroaches)
Insects undergo complete metamorphosis (ex ants, beetles, flies
Ans: Holometabulous
These roaches prefer an outdoor habitat but move indoors during seasonal
migration and adverse weather conditions
Ans: Smoky brown roaches
Pretest - Stuvia US
,2
How many species of roaches have been identified worldwide?
A) 350
B) 3,500
C) 35,000
Ans: B) 3,500
Asian and German roaches can be distinguished apart by what
characteristics?
Ans: Habitat and flight
Ants are members of which family?
Ans: Formicidae
The #1 pest in the US
Ans: Ants
There are approximately______species of ants in the US
Ans: 700
The larvae of these moths attack whole GRAINS and feed inside and often
pupate inside GRAINS (not flour)
Ans: Angumois grain moth
Forewings are gray near the body & reddish near the tip; head & thorax are
reddish
Pretest - Stuvia US
, 3
Ans: Indian meal moth
Attack grain BEFORE harvest & storage
Ans: Granary & rice weevils
Elongated, flat, shiny reddish brown & about 1/8 inch long beetles
Ans: Red flour beetles
Small cylindrical slender dark brown beetles around 1/8 inch long; very
strong mandibles that can cut through wood
Ans: Lesser grain borer
An expert is needed to provide exact identification of these beetles
Ans: Dermestid beetles
There are over 55,000 described species
Ans: Mites
Major pests of golf courses and cause physical & aesthetic damage when
they burrow below the ground surface
Ans: Mole crickets
herbivorous, feeding on plants
Ans: phytophagous
Pretest - Stuvia US
Texas Pest control category Questions with
Correct Answers for Specific Exam Mail
Characterized by having essentially tubular segmented bodies, paired and
jointed appendages, bilateral symmetry, and a chitinous exoskeleton
Ans: Arthropod
Insects that develop without much change in form (ex silverfish)
Ans: Ametabulous
Insects have immature with a different body structure than adults (ex
dragonflies)
Ans: Hemimetabulous
Paurometabulous
Ans: Insects have 3 distinct stages: egg, nymph, adult (ex crickets,
cockroaches)
Insects undergo complete metamorphosis (ex ants, beetles, flies
Ans: Holometabulous
These roaches prefer an outdoor habitat but move indoors during seasonal
migration and adverse weather conditions
Ans: Smoky brown roaches
Pretest - Stuvia US
,2
How many species of roaches have been identified worldwide?
A) 350
B) 3,500
C) 35,000
Ans: B) 3,500
Asian and German roaches can be distinguished apart by what
characteristics?
Ans: Habitat and flight
Ants are members of which family?
Ans: Formicidae
The #1 pest in the US
Ans: Ants
There are approximately______species of ants in the US
Ans: 700
The larvae of these moths attack whole GRAINS and feed inside and often
pupate inside GRAINS (not flour)
Ans: Angumois grain moth
Forewings are gray near the body & reddish near the tip; head & thorax are
reddish
Pretest - Stuvia US
, 3
Ans: Indian meal moth
Attack grain BEFORE harvest & storage
Ans: Granary & rice weevils
Elongated, flat, shiny reddish brown & about 1/8 inch long beetles
Ans: Red flour beetles
Small cylindrical slender dark brown beetles around 1/8 inch long; very
strong mandibles that can cut through wood
Ans: Lesser grain borer
An expert is needed to provide exact identification of these beetles
Ans: Dermestid beetles
There are over 55,000 described species
Ans: Mites
Major pests of golf courses and cause physical & aesthetic damage when
they burrow below the ground surface
Ans: Mole crickets
herbivorous, feeding on plants
Ans: phytophagous
Pretest - Stuvia US
