CAT 3 PESTICIDE CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE
2026 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
◉ Ants with one node?* Answer: Carpenter, crazy, Rasberry Crazy,
False Honey, Rover, Argentine, Odorous, ghost, pyramid
◉ Ants with 2 nodes?* Answer: Fire, Thief, Pavement, Acrobat,
Pharaoh, Little black, Harvester, Big Headed, Leaf cutter, Acacia,
elongated twig
◉ Adult dull gray with 4 stripes on thorax?** Answer: House fly
◉ Other than house flies what species of flys are common the
residential environments.* Answer: Blue blow, Green blow, stable,
Fruit flies, phorid, fungus gnats, moth flies
◉ Four wings 3/4 inch wing spread fore wings are grey near body
reddish at tips* Answer: Indian meal moths
◉ Species of wasp that build home above and below ground*
Answer: Yellow jacket
, ◉ To reduce contact with scorpions eliminate...?* Answer: Bricks,
stones, wood, trash and other potential harborage points.
◉ Insect 3/4 inch yellowish brown with powerful hind legs.*
Answer: The house/ field cricket
◉ Ants pose particular risk in hospitals because?** Answer: Carry
diseases and organisms on legs and body
◉ The four distinct stages of mosquitoes.* Answer: Egg, larva, pupa
and adult
◉ Species of insect primary vector of yellow fever and dengue?**
Answer: Aedes aegypti or Asian Tiger mosquitoes
◉ Lone star tick (amblyomma) primary vector of what diseases?
Answer: Mono cystic Ehrilichiosis and Southern Tick assisted rash
illness
◉ American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis) is the primary vector
of what diseases? Answer: Rocky Mountain fever and tuleremia
anaplasmosis
2026 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
◉ Ants with one node?* Answer: Carpenter, crazy, Rasberry Crazy,
False Honey, Rover, Argentine, Odorous, ghost, pyramid
◉ Ants with 2 nodes?* Answer: Fire, Thief, Pavement, Acrobat,
Pharaoh, Little black, Harvester, Big Headed, Leaf cutter, Acacia,
elongated twig
◉ Adult dull gray with 4 stripes on thorax?** Answer: House fly
◉ Other than house flies what species of flys are common the
residential environments.* Answer: Blue blow, Green blow, stable,
Fruit flies, phorid, fungus gnats, moth flies
◉ Four wings 3/4 inch wing spread fore wings are grey near body
reddish at tips* Answer: Indian meal moths
◉ Species of wasp that build home above and below ground*
Answer: Yellow jacket
, ◉ To reduce contact with scorpions eliminate...?* Answer: Bricks,
stones, wood, trash and other potential harborage points.
◉ Insect 3/4 inch yellowish brown with powerful hind legs.*
Answer: The house/ field cricket
◉ Ants pose particular risk in hospitals because?** Answer: Carry
diseases and organisms on legs and body
◉ The four distinct stages of mosquitoes.* Answer: Egg, larva, pupa
and adult
◉ Species of insect primary vector of yellow fever and dengue?**
Answer: Aedes aegypti or Asian Tiger mosquitoes
◉ Lone star tick (amblyomma) primary vector of what diseases?
Answer: Mono cystic Ehrilichiosis and Southern Tick assisted rash
illness
◉ American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis) is the primary vector
of what diseases? Answer: Rocky Mountain fever and tuleremia
anaplasmosis
