Wisconsin Structural Pest Control
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Describe the structural features of insects - Answers - ✔✔three regions: head, thorax,
and abdomen. Three pairs attached to thorax. Wings differ from 0 to 2. One pair of
antenna on head
Explain how to distinguish insects from other arthropods - Answers - ✔✔spiders, mites,
etc. have two body regions: a fused head and thorax, and abdomen; four pairs of legs
attached to head/thorax region; no wings; no antennae; has an exoskeleton
describe the kinds of damage arthropod pests can cause - Answers - ✔✔feed on stored
products; contaminate raw and processed commodities; weaken structural timbers;
damage furniture, carpeting, and clothing; carry pathogens that cause disease in people
and animals; create a nuisance; cause anxiety and reduce quality of life
Simple metamorphosis - Answers - ✔✔three stages: egg, nymph, and adult must molt
because exoskeleton cannot enlarge.
Complete metamorphosis - Answers - ✔✔four stages: egg, larva, pupa (cocoon), and
adult
List of common species of cockroaches you might find in Wisconsin - Answers -
✔✔German, brown-banded, oriental, American, Australian, and wood
Treatment methods for cockroach control - Answers - ✔✔IGR (insect growth
regulators), baits, crack-and-crevice, and spraying
IGR (insect growth regulators) - Answers - ✔✔synthetic chemicals designed to mimic
the activity of natural insect hormones affects
List the ant species - Answers - ✔✔carpenter, larger yellow or citronella, thief or grease,
pavement, cornfield, and pharaoh
List the ant species for which baits do or do not provide effective control - Answers -
✔✔pharaoh, thief, worker, and fire ants
Describe how you would make an effective perimeter treatment for ants - Answers -
✔✔spray under sliding door frames, cracks and crevices seal door frames
,Describe how to treat both outdoor and indoor ant nests - Answers - ✔✔outdoor: use
enough liquids to drench the material down into the nest. Indoor: dusting cracks and
crevices, spraying liquids also works
Carpenter ant control - Answers - ✔✔find the main nesting colony and kill the queen
use perimeter treatment to keep the ants outside
Specify where to concentrate flea control efforts in the animal's environment - Answers -
✔✔eat and sleep areas, wash animal focus on where the pet spends most of its time,
vacuum and cleaning up their area, check chimneys, attics, and crawl spaces if no
animal is a pet
List the advantages of IGRs and describe how they fit into a flea management program
- Answers - ✔✔IGRs prevent fleas from developing and hatching, they also have low
human and animal toxicity
Describe the limitations of aerosols, flea "bombs," ultrasonic devices, and flea traps -
Answers - ✔✔these materials can cause explosions or fires if access fumes build up in
enclosed areas, they won't penetrate through furniture or other items
Outline the key to effective control of flies and food pests - Answers - ✔✔find and
eliminate food source, short term bomb
Describe the options for controlling powder post beetle infestations - Answers -
✔✔surface-treat the infested wood with pesticide spray or paint borates onto exposed
surfaces
Describe what can make perimeter treatments for occasional invaders especially
effective and why some treatments fail - Answers - ✔✔treating cracks and openings
around windows, plumbing, doors, spaces between the foundation and siding are
effective some treatments may fail because some insects might have gotten past the
perimeter treatment before you applied it
Describe the life cycle of bed bugs and the importance of proper inspection - Answers -
✔✔individual bed bugs can lay 200 to 250 eggs in her lifetime. The eggs hatch in about
6 to 10 days adults live for about 2 to 4 months if you don't properly inspect for bed
bugs, then the infestation will not be controlled
Describe some control methods for bed bugs including limitations of chemical control -
Answers - ✔✔temperature below freezing or heat treatments non-repellant products are
primarily used
, List physical differences between the Norway rat - Answers - ✔✔weighs 7-17 ounces,
12-18 inches long, tail is 5-8 inches, ears are close set, short, and thick with short fine
hairs, hind foot over an inch, 12 teats on female, grayish belly fur
physical differences of the house mouse - Answers - ✔✔weighs 0.5-1 ounce, 5-8 inches
long, tail is 2-4 inches, ears are large relative to head with some hairs, hind foot is under
3/4 inch, 10 teats on females, brownish belly fur
distinguish the physical differences of a deer or white-footed mice - Answers -
✔✔weighs 0.4-1.25 ounces, 5-8.5 inches long, tail is 2-4 inches, ears are equal to body
length and sharply bi-colored: darker above, paler below, larger ears and eyes than
house mouse, females have 6 teats, whitish belly fur, white feet
explain how rodent signs can provide clues to the species, size, and vitality of a rodent
population - Answers - ✔✔droppings can show you what kind of rodent it is, marks
along the wall can help identify the relative size of populations and activity level, tracks
can help identify the species of rodents present, burrows can show recent activity, and
gnawing marks can also help identify the species
outline the range and limitations of rodents' senses and how they can influence
management practices - Answers - ✔✔rodents have an acute sense of smell, rodents
have highly developed taste, because they are nocturnal their sense of touch is
important, rodents have good hearing and react to sound, rodents are very sensitive to
light and have poor vision
describe some of the physical abilities of rodents - Answers - ✔✔walk horizontal wires
and pipes, climb vines, shrubs, trees, brick, or other rough exterior walls, climb inside
vertical pipes with inside diameter, climb outside vertical pipes with outside diameter up
to 3 inches, reach up to 18 inches, jump vertically 3 feet from a flat surface
explain the effect that neophobia, or "new-object reaction" can have on rodent
management - Answers - ✔✔rats, more so than mice, quickly detect and tend to avoid
anything new in a familiar environment, this makes it so they might avoid some baits
describe the feeding preferences of rodents - Answers - ✔✔rats are omnivorous, once it
is familiar to them they will eat it
describe the causes, and possible outcomes, associated with bait shyness - Answers -
✔✔rats normally sample small amounts of new food first, if they feel an ill effect they
may associate the bait with the illness and stop eating the bait
explain the benefits of using tamper-resistant bait stations and when you are legally
required to use them - Answers - ✔✔they keep pets and children safe from exposure to
the baits
Learning Objectives Exam Set Exam
Questions And Correct Answers Already
Passed!!
Describe the structural features of insects - Answers - ✔✔three regions: head, thorax,
and abdomen. Three pairs attached to thorax. Wings differ from 0 to 2. One pair of
antenna on head
Explain how to distinguish insects from other arthropods - Answers - ✔✔spiders, mites,
etc. have two body regions: a fused head and thorax, and abdomen; four pairs of legs
attached to head/thorax region; no wings; no antennae; has an exoskeleton
describe the kinds of damage arthropod pests can cause - Answers - ✔✔feed on stored
products; contaminate raw and processed commodities; weaken structural timbers;
damage furniture, carpeting, and clothing; carry pathogens that cause disease in people
and animals; create a nuisance; cause anxiety and reduce quality of life
Simple metamorphosis - Answers - ✔✔three stages: egg, nymph, and adult must molt
because exoskeleton cannot enlarge.
Complete metamorphosis - Answers - ✔✔four stages: egg, larva, pupa (cocoon), and
adult
List of common species of cockroaches you might find in Wisconsin - Answers -
✔✔German, brown-banded, oriental, American, Australian, and wood
Treatment methods for cockroach control - Answers - ✔✔IGR (insect growth
regulators), baits, crack-and-crevice, and spraying
IGR (insect growth regulators) - Answers - ✔✔synthetic chemicals designed to mimic
the activity of natural insect hormones affects
List the ant species - Answers - ✔✔carpenter, larger yellow or citronella, thief or grease,
pavement, cornfield, and pharaoh
List the ant species for which baits do or do not provide effective control - Answers -
✔✔pharaoh, thief, worker, and fire ants
Describe how you would make an effective perimeter treatment for ants - Answers -
✔✔spray under sliding door frames, cracks and crevices seal door frames
,Describe how to treat both outdoor and indoor ant nests - Answers - ✔✔outdoor: use
enough liquids to drench the material down into the nest. Indoor: dusting cracks and
crevices, spraying liquids also works
Carpenter ant control - Answers - ✔✔find the main nesting colony and kill the queen
use perimeter treatment to keep the ants outside
Specify where to concentrate flea control efforts in the animal's environment - Answers -
✔✔eat and sleep areas, wash animal focus on where the pet spends most of its time,
vacuum and cleaning up their area, check chimneys, attics, and crawl spaces if no
animal is a pet
List the advantages of IGRs and describe how they fit into a flea management program
- Answers - ✔✔IGRs prevent fleas from developing and hatching, they also have low
human and animal toxicity
Describe the limitations of aerosols, flea "bombs," ultrasonic devices, and flea traps -
Answers - ✔✔these materials can cause explosions or fires if access fumes build up in
enclosed areas, they won't penetrate through furniture or other items
Outline the key to effective control of flies and food pests - Answers - ✔✔find and
eliminate food source, short term bomb
Describe the options for controlling powder post beetle infestations - Answers -
✔✔surface-treat the infested wood with pesticide spray or paint borates onto exposed
surfaces
Describe what can make perimeter treatments for occasional invaders especially
effective and why some treatments fail - Answers - ✔✔treating cracks and openings
around windows, plumbing, doors, spaces between the foundation and siding are
effective some treatments may fail because some insects might have gotten past the
perimeter treatment before you applied it
Describe the life cycle of bed bugs and the importance of proper inspection - Answers -
✔✔individual bed bugs can lay 200 to 250 eggs in her lifetime. The eggs hatch in about
6 to 10 days adults live for about 2 to 4 months if you don't properly inspect for bed
bugs, then the infestation will not be controlled
Describe some control methods for bed bugs including limitations of chemical control -
Answers - ✔✔temperature below freezing or heat treatments non-repellant products are
primarily used
, List physical differences between the Norway rat - Answers - ✔✔weighs 7-17 ounces,
12-18 inches long, tail is 5-8 inches, ears are close set, short, and thick with short fine
hairs, hind foot over an inch, 12 teats on female, grayish belly fur
physical differences of the house mouse - Answers - ✔✔weighs 0.5-1 ounce, 5-8 inches
long, tail is 2-4 inches, ears are large relative to head with some hairs, hind foot is under
3/4 inch, 10 teats on females, brownish belly fur
distinguish the physical differences of a deer or white-footed mice - Answers -
✔✔weighs 0.4-1.25 ounces, 5-8.5 inches long, tail is 2-4 inches, ears are equal to body
length and sharply bi-colored: darker above, paler below, larger ears and eyes than
house mouse, females have 6 teats, whitish belly fur, white feet
explain how rodent signs can provide clues to the species, size, and vitality of a rodent
population - Answers - ✔✔droppings can show you what kind of rodent it is, marks
along the wall can help identify the relative size of populations and activity level, tracks
can help identify the species of rodents present, burrows can show recent activity, and
gnawing marks can also help identify the species
outline the range and limitations of rodents' senses and how they can influence
management practices - Answers - ✔✔rodents have an acute sense of smell, rodents
have highly developed taste, because they are nocturnal their sense of touch is
important, rodents have good hearing and react to sound, rodents are very sensitive to
light and have poor vision
describe some of the physical abilities of rodents - Answers - ✔✔walk horizontal wires
and pipes, climb vines, shrubs, trees, brick, or other rough exterior walls, climb inside
vertical pipes with inside diameter, climb outside vertical pipes with outside diameter up
to 3 inches, reach up to 18 inches, jump vertically 3 feet from a flat surface
explain the effect that neophobia, or "new-object reaction" can have on rodent
management - Answers - ✔✔rats, more so than mice, quickly detect and tend to avoid
anything new in a familiar environment, this makes it so they might avoid some baits
describe the feeding preferences of rodents - Answers - ✔✔rats are omnivorous, once it
is familiar to them they will eat it
describe the causes, and possible outcomes, associated with bait shyness - Answers -
✔✔rats normally sample small amounts of new food first, if they feel an ill effect they
may associate the bait with the illness and stop eating the bait
explain the benefits of using tamper-resistant bait stations and when you are legally
required to use them - Answers - ✔✔they keep pets and children safe from exposure to
the baits
