Texas Pest control category
Characterized by having essentially tubular segmented bodies, paired and jointed appendages, bilateral
symmetry, and a chitinous exoskeleton - (correct Answer) - Arthropod
Insects that develop without much change in form (ex silverfish) - (correct Answer) - Ametabulous
Insects have immature with a different body structure than adults (ex dragonflies) - (correct Answer) -
Hemimetabulous
Paurometabulous - (correct Answer) - Insects have 3 distinct stages: egg, nymph, adult (ex crickets,
cockroaches)
Insects undergo complete metamorphosis (ex ants, beetles, flies - (correct Answer) - Holometabulous
These roaches prefer an outdoor habitat but move indoors during seasonal migration and adverse
weather conditions - (correct Answer) - Smoky brown roaches
How many species of roaches have been identified worldwide?
A) 350
B) 3,500
C) 35,000 - (correct Answer) - B) 3,500
Asian and German roaches can be distinguished apart by what characteristics? - (correct Answer) -
Habitat and flight
Ants are members of which family? - (correct Answer) - Formicidae
The #1 pest in the US - (correct Answer) - Ants
There are approximately______species of ants in the US - (correct Answer) - 700
The larvae of these moths attack whole GRAINS and feed inside and often pupate inside GRAINS (not
flour) - (correct Answer) - Angumois grain moth
Forewings are gray near the body & reddish near the tip; head & thorax are reddish - (correct Answer) -
Indian meal moth
Attack grain BEFORE harvest & storage - (correct Answer) - Granary & rice weevils
Elongated, flat, shiny reddish brown & about 1/8 inch long beetles - (correct Answer) - Red flour beetles
Small cylindrical slender dark brown beetles around 1/8 inch long; very strong mandibles that can cut
through wood - (correct Answer) - Lesser grain borer
An expert is needed to provide exact identification of these beetles - (correct Answer) - Dermestid
, beetles
There are over 55,000 described species - (correct Answer) - Mites
Major pests of golf courses and cause physical & aesthetic damage when they burrow below the ground
surface - (correct Answer) - Mole crickets
herbivorous, feeding on plants - (correct Answer) - phytophagous
Feeding on other animals - (correct Answer) - Zoophageous
Feeding on other insects - (correct Answer) - Entomophageous
Feeding on dead and decaying plant or animal materials - (correct Answer) - saprophagous
One can use insect mouthparts to classify the type of damage an insect can cause
A) true
B) false - (correct Answer) - A) true
The larvae of the angumois grain moth feed on flour.
A) true
B) false - (correct Answer) - B) false
Which of the following Arthropods belong to the order Ixodida?
A) ticks
B) spiders
C)lobsters
D)mosquitos - (correct Answer) - A)ticks
Which characteristics separates the ticks and mites from the class insecta?
A)lack of antennae
B)body is divided into 2 distinct regions
C)they have an exoskeleton made of chitin
D)they have 4 pair of legs in their adult stage
E)all of the above except for d
F)all of the above except for c - (correct Answer) - F)all of the above except for c
What family do hard ticks belong to?
A)ixodidae
Characterized by having essentially tubular segmented bodies, paired and jointed appendages, bilateral
symmetry, and a chitinous exoskeleton - (correct Answer) - Arthropod
Insects that develop without much change in form (ex silverfish) - (correct Answer) - Ametabulous
Insects have immature with a different body structure than adults (ex dragonflies) - (correct Answer) -
Hemimetabulous
Paurometabulous - (correct Answer) - Insects have 3 distinct stages: egg, nymph, adult (ex crickets,
cockroaches)
Insects undergo complete metamorphosis (ex ants, beetles, flies - (correct Answer) - Holometabulous
These roaches prefer an outdoor habitat but move indoors during seasonal migration and adverse
weather conditions - (correct Answer) - Smoky brown roaches
How many species of roaches have been identified worldwide?
A) 350
B) 3,500
C) 35,000 - (correct Answer) - B) 3,500
Asian and German roaches can be distinguished apart by what characteristics? - (correct Answer) -
Habitat and flight
Ants are members of which family? - (correct Answer) - Formicidae
The #1 pest in the US - (correct Answer) - Ants
There are approximately______species of ants in the US - (correct Answer) - 700
The larvae of these moths attack whole GRAINS and feed inside and often pupate inside GRAINS (not
flour) - (correct Answer) - Angumois grain moth
Forewings are gray near the body & reddish near the tip; head & thorax are reddish - (correct Answer) -
Indian meal moth
Attack grain BEFORE harvest & storage - (correct Answer) - Granary & rice weevils
Elongated, flat, shiny reddish brown & about 1/8 inch long beetles - (correct Answer) - Red flour beetles
Small cylindrical slender dark brown beetles around 1/8 inch long; very strong mandibles that can cut
through wood - (correct Answer) - Lesser grain borer
An expert is needed to provide exact identification of these beetles - (correct Answer) - Dermestid
, beetles
There are over 55,000 described species - (correct Answer) - Mites
Major pests of golf courses and cause physical & aesthetic damage when they burrow below the ground
surface - (correct Answer) - Mole crickets
herbivorous, feeding on plants - (correct Answer) - phytophagous
Feeding on other animals - (correct Answer) - Zoophageous
Feeding on other insects - (correct Answer) - Entomophageous
Feeding on dead and decaying plant or animal materials - (correct Answer) - saprophagous
One can use insect mouthparts to classify the type of damage an insect can cause
A) true
B) false - (correct Answer) - A) true
The larvae of the angumois grain moth feed on flour.
A) true
B) false - (correct Answer) - B) false
Which of the following Arthropods belong to the order Ixodida?
A) ticks
B) spiders
C)lobsters
D)mosquitos - (correct Answer) - A)ticks
Which characteristics separates the ticks and mites from the class insecta?
A)lack of antennae
B)body is divided into 2 distinct regions
C)they have an exoskeleton made of chitin
D)they have 4 pair of legs in their adult stage
E)all of the above except for d
F)all of the above except for c - (correct Answer) - F)all of the above except for c
What family do hard ticks belong to?
A)ixodidae
