PEST CONTROL TECHNICIAN TRAINING TEXAS WDI
EXAM
German, American, Brown Banded, Oriental and Smokey Brown - Answer -Name the
five most common cockroaches in Texas.
Oriental - Answer -What type of roach has wings that don't cover all its abdomen and
cannot fly?
German - Answer -What roach has racing stripes on its head and body?
Egg, Larvae, Pupae and Adult (ELPA) - Answer -What are the 4 stages of ant
metamorphosis?
Elbowed antenna - Answer -Ants have what type of antenna?
Blue Blow, Green Blow, Stable and House Fly - Answer -Name 4 species of flies.
Carpenter, Pharaoh, Big Head, Fire and Carpenter - Answer -Name 3 species of Ants.
Blue Blow Fly - Answer -This fly eats on dead and decaying flesh.
Angoumois and Indian Meal Moth - Answer -Name two moths that infest stored food.
Cat, Ceratophyllidae, Pulex, Pulicidae - Answer -Name 2 common fleas infesting
homes.
Drugstore and Cigarette - Answer -Name two beatles that infest stored food.
Two days to two weeks - Answer -How long do flea eggs take to hatch?
Egg, Larvae, Pupae and Adult (ELPA) - Answer -Name the 4 stage metamorphosis of
fleas.
Murine Typhus, Tape Worm, Cat Scratch - Answer -Name 2 diseases fleas spread
through bites.
Deer, American Dog, Brown Dog and Lone Star - Answer -What is the most common
type of tick around the home?
Head, Body and Crab - Answer -Name three species of lice.
Rickettsialpox, Scrub Typhus, Chiggers and Scabies - Answer -Mites burrow in skin
and cause what disease?
, Scabies - Answer -What biting insect is 1/4" long, reddish brown, wingless, oval shaped
and flat?
Kissing Bug - Answer -What is the common name for the cone nose bug?
Honeybee - Answer -What type of stinging insect is of great agricultural value?
Paper wasp, Blue Faced Hornet and Yellow Jacket - Answer -Name three type of
stinging, flying insects.
The Brown Recluse Spider - Answer -What type of spider is also called the fiddleback?
Malaryia, Typhoid Fever and West Niles - Answer -Name two diseases mosquitos
spread.
Stagnant Water - Answer -What do mosquito larvae require to survive?
Aedes, Anopheles and Culex - Answer -Name three species of mosquito larvae.
Texas Giant Centepede - Answer -What insect hav fifteen body segments and a pair of
legs for each segment?
Silverfish - Answer -This insect infests books.
Brown House Cricket and Black Field Cricket - Answer -Name two species of crickets.
Slugs and Snails - Answer -What type of pest is a gastropod?
Large body, stubby nose, long tail, brown fur - Answer -Describe a Norway Rat
Fecal matter, gnawings, rub marks and caches - Answer -Rodent infestations are
characterized by what 4 major elements.
Vector Pests - Answer -What i the name of a pest that spreads disease to pets,
livestock and humans?
The Subteranean Termite - Answer -What species of termite lives in the soil?
The Subterranean Formosan Termite - Answer -What invasive subterranean termite is
not native to Texas?
Subterranean Formosan, Damp and Drywood Termite - Answer -Name three types of
termites in the U.S.
Hardwoods are preferred in which to lay their eggs. - Answer -Powder post beetles
attack which type of wood and why?
EXAM
German, American, Brown Banded, Oriental and Smokey Brown - Answer -Name the
five most common cockroaches in Texas.
Oriental - Answer -What type of roach has wings that don't cover all its abdomen and
cannot fly?
German - Answer -What roach has racing stripes on its head and body?
Egg, Larvae, Pupae and Adult (ELPA) - Answer -What are the 4 stages of ant
metamorphosis?
Elbowed antenna - Answer -Ants have what type of antenna?
Blue Blow, Green Blow, Stable and House Fly - Answer -Name 4 species of flies.
Carpenter, Pharaoh, Big Head, Fire and Carpenter - Answer -Name 3 species of Ants.
Blue Blow Fly - Answer -This fly eats on dead and decaying flesh.
Angoumois and Indian Meal Moth - Answer -Name two moths that infest stored food.
Cat, Ceratophyllidae, Pulex, Pulicidae - Answer -Name 2 common fleas infesting
homes.
Drugstore and Cigarette - Answer -Name two beatles that infest stored food.
Two days to two weeks - Answer -How long do flea eggs take to hatch?
Egg, Larvae, Pupae and Adult (ELPA) - Answer -Name the 4 stage metamorphosis of
fleas.
Murine Typhus, Tape Worm, Cat Scratch - Answer -Name 2 diseases fleas spread
through bites.
Deer, American Dog, Brown Dog and Lone Star - Answer -What is the most common
type of tick around the home?
Head, Body and Crab - Answer -Name three species of lice.
Rickettsialpox, Scrub Typhus, Chiggers and Scabies - Answer -Mites burrow in skin
and cause what disease?
, Scabies - Answer -What biting insect is 1/4" long, reddish brown, wingless, oval shaped
and flat?
Kissing Bug - Answer -What is the common name for the cone nose bug?
Honeybee - Answer -What type of stinging insect is of great agricultural value?
Paper wasp, Blue Faced Hornet and Yellow Jacket - Answer -Name three type of
stinging, flying insects.
The Brown Recluse Spider - Answer -What type of spider is also called the fiddleback?
Malaryia, Typhoid Fever and West Niles - Answer -Name two diseases mosquitos
spread.
Stagnant Water - Answer -What do mosquito larvae require to survive?
Aedes, Anopheles and Culex - Answer -Name three species of mosquito larvae.
Texas Giant Centepede - Answer -What insect hav fifteen body segments and a pair of
legs for each segment?
Silverfish - Answer -This insect infests books.
Brown House Cricket and Black Field Cricket - Answer -Name two species of crickets.
Slugs and Snails - Answer -What type of pest is a gastropod?
Large body, stubby nose, long tail, brown fur - Answer -Describe a Norway Rat
Fecal matter, gnawings, rub marks and caches - Answer -Rodent infestations are
characterized by what 4 major elements.
Vector Pests - Answer -What i the name of a pest that spreads disease to pets,
livestock and humans?
The Subteranean Termite - Answer -What species of termite lives in the soil?
The Subterranean Formosan Termite - Answer -What invasive subterranean termite is
not native to Texas?
Subterranean Formosan, Damp and Drywood Termite - Answer -Name three types of
termites in the U.S.
Hardwoods are preferred in which to lay their eggs. - Answer -Powder post beetles
attack which type of wood and why?
