1B insect management Iowa. EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - ANS information-intensive, decision-making process
that identifies & reduces risks from pests & pest management strategies
components of IPM - ANS correct identification of pest, accurate monitoring & measurement
of the population, economic assessment of the damage & selection of environmentally sound
management tactics
characteristics which are important for identification - ANS order of the pest, special
characteristics of the mouth, legs & antennae & life cycle of the pest
change in shape, form, and size during a pest's life - ANS metamorphosis
gradual metamorphosis - ANS insect hatches from the eggs & looks like a miniature copy of
the adult (grasshoppers, cockroaches, aphids)
nymphs - ANS juvenile forms-no wings, go through several growing stages before growing to
winged adults
complete metamorphosis - ANS 4 stages: egg, larva, pupa, adult
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - ANS information-intensive, decision-making process
that identifies & reduces risks from pests & pest management strategies
components of IPM - ANS correct identification of pest, accurate monitoring & measurement
of the population, economic assessment of the damage & selection of environmentally sound
management tactics
characteristics which are important for identification - ANS order of the pest, special
characteristics of the mouth, legs & antennae & life cycle of the pest
change in shape, form, and size during a pest's life - ANS metamorphosis
gradual metamorphosis - ANS insect hatches from the eggs & looks like a miniature copy of
the adult (grasshoppers, cockroaches, aphids)
nymphs - ANS juvenile forms-no wings, go through several growing stages before growing to
winged adults
complete metamorphosis - ANS 4 stages: egg, larva, pupa, adult
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