Texas Pest control category
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
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
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
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
