TERMITE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
True or False
Carpenter ants are always solid black and all the same size. - Answer -False
Bostrichid beetles (false powder post)
Hard or soft wood?
What is the appearance of frass?
Do they reinfest? - Answer -Soft and Hardwood
Frass appearance is fine to coarse powder, tighthly packed
Rarely Reinfest
1/16-5/16th inch
Anobiid beetles (Furniture/Deathwatch beetle)
Hard or Soft wood?
What is the appearnace of frass?
Do they reinfest? - Answer -Soft and Hardwood
Frass appearance is fine powder/pellets
Yes, they reinfest
prefers moist wood
Exit hole 1/16-1/8 inch
Dry termites live _________ - Answer -above ground
What is the primary route that termites use to access the interior of a home? - Answer -
plumbing penetration
The king and queen of a termite colony are the only ones in the colony that have what
body part? - Answer -eyes
To clean up termiticide overflow from drill holes...What do you do? - Answer -soak it up
with absorbent materials and dispose of the saturated materials correctly.
A __________should be completed on the outside of the footer after the final grade is
installed. - Answer -pretreatment
What is the primary concern when treating plenum housing (the area under the subfloor
used as a giant heating-cooling duct)? - Answer -the risk of termiticide vapors entering
the living space
What are the elements of a foundation? - Answer -Footings, joists, sill plates, grades,
etc.
, An applicator or operator license with the wood destroying organisms category is
required to do the following.... - Answer -required to place, monitor, or service termite
bait stations; inspect structures for termites; or apply termiticides to a structure.
What do carpenter bees bore into wood? - Answer -to lay eggs
True of False
Carpenter ants leave a rough/chewed up appearance to their galleries. - Answer -
False- straight cuts along grain
How many nodes does a carpenter ants have? - Answer -one
What type of posting or notification requirement is associated with a WDI report? -
Answer -A sticker under the sink.
True or False
A termite category license will allow you to use fumigants to kill any species of termite. -
Answer -False, unless you have a fumigant licenses
True of False
A subterranean termite has elbowed antennae - Answer -False
Lyctid beetles (true powder post)
Hard or soft wood?
Appearance of Frass?
Do they re-infest? - Answer -Hardwood only
Fine/Flour like frass, loosely packed
rarely infest
likes 10-30%
exit hole 1/32-1/16 inch
What treatment is performed if there is radiant heating in a bathroom floor? - Answer -
use horizontal rod treatment under foundation
What is the application rate for termiticides in soil? - Answer -4 gallons (diluted) per 10
linear feet
Metamorphosis - Answer -The change of body during development
Lignin - Answer -A major component of cell walls of plants. Helps provide support.
What type of chemical is made up of oxygen and boron? - Answer -Borates, kills
termites
If there is standing water at a soil treatment location, what do you do? - Answer -install
sump pump and wait until it dries
True or False
Carpenter ants are always solid black and all the same size. - Answer -False
Bostrichid beetles (false powder post)
Hard or soft wood?
What is the appearance of frass?
Do they reinfest? - Answer -Soft and Hardwood
Frass appearance is fine to coarse powder, tighthly packed
Rarely Reinfest
1/16-5/16th inch
Anobiid beetles (Furniture/Deathwatch beetle)
Hard or Soft wood?
What is the appearnace of frass?
Do they reinfest? - Answer -Soft and Hardwood
Frass appearance is fine powder/pellets
Yes, they reinfest
prefers moist wood
Exit hole 1/16-1/8 inch
Dry termites live _________ - Answer -above ground
What is the primary route that termites use to access the interior of a home? - Answer -
plumbing penetration
The king and queen of a termite colony are the only ones in the colony that have what
body part? - Answer -eyes
To clean up termiticide overflow from drill holes...What do you do? - Answer -soak it up
with absorbent materials and dispose of the saturated materials correctly.
A __________should be completed on the outside of the footer after the final grade is
installed. - Answer -pretreatment
What is the primary concern when treating plenum housing (the area under the subfloor
used as a giant heating-cooling duct)? - Answer -the risk of termiticide vapors entering
the living space
What are the elements of a foundation? - Answer -Footings, joists, sill plates, grades,
etc.
, An applicator or operator license with the wood destroying organisms category is
required to do the following.... - Answer -required to place, monitor, or service termite
bait stations; inspect structures for termites; or apply termiticides to a structure.
What do carpenter bees bore into wood? - Answer -to lay eggs
True of False
Carpenter ants leave a rough/chewed up appearance to their galleries. - Answer -
False- straight cuts along grain
How many nodes does a carpenter ants have? - Answer -one
What type of posting or notification requirement is associated with a WDI report? -
Answer -A sticker under the sink.
True or False
A termite category license will allow you to use fumigants to kill any species of termite. -
Answer -False, unless you have a fumigant licenses
True of False
A subterranean termite has elbowed antennae - Answer -False
Lyctid beetles (true powder post)
Hard or soft wood?
Appearance of Frass?
Do they re-infest? - Answer -Hardwood only
Fine/Flour like frass, loosely packed
rarely infest
likes 10-30%
exit hole 1/32-1/16 inch
What treatment is performed if there is radiant heating in a bathroom floor? - Answer -
use horizontal rod treatment under foundation
What is the application rate for termiticides in soil? - Answer -4 gallons (diluted) per 10
linear feet
Metamorphosis - Answer -The change of body during development
Lignin - Answer -A major component of cell walls of plants. Helps provide support.
What type of chemical is made up of oxygen and boron? - Answer -Borates, kills
termites
If there is standing water at a soil treatment location, what do you do? - Answer -install
sump pump and wait until it dries
