Home Work 2 Flashcards
How many wings does a fly have?
2 wings (1pair)
What insect is the vector for diseases that kill more people in the world than any other insect?
Mosquito
Flies have what kind of metamorphosis?
Complete
What kind of fly is also known as a mausoleum or coffin fly?
Phorid fly
What fly is often affiliated with damp potting soil?
Fungus Gnat
Blow, Flesh, Phorid and Soldier Flies found in a home often means what?
Dead animals
Cluster flies are often drawn to a structure at what time of year?
Spring and Fall
How many stripes does a house fly have on its thorax?
4
What kind of mouthparts does a house fly have?
Sponging
Name four types of mouthparts an insect may have
Chewing
siphoning
sponging
piercings-sucking
Where do mosquitoes lay there eggs?
Water or damp soil
Name three diseases mosquitoes may spread?
Malaria
west Nile
dengue
Cluster flies are parasitic on what
Earthworms
What fly has golden hair on the sides of its thorax
Cluster fly
What is a carrion feeding fly
Flies that feed on dead animal carcass
What kind of metamorphosis do all moths have
Complete
What kind of metamorphosis do all Beatles have
Complete
Warehouse, Khapra ,varied carpet, hide, furniture Beetles are in what family
Deemestid
What is the most common stored product moth we encounter
Indian meal moth
Name another moth that is a stored product pest… do you know what each of these look like?
Angoumois grain moth - yellowish white wings fringed hind wings
Indian meal moth - is pale too dark colored front wings
What makes a sawtooth grain beetle unique when identifying
Six sawtooth projections along thorax on each side
Between a confused flour beetle and a red flour beetle which one can fly? guess what the other one can’t!
Red flour beetle
What are those little spiders that look like spiders
Spider Beetles
There are 10 control methods for stored product pests name five
Monitor identify rotation of goods sanitation mechanical fumigate residual treatment
When using cold to kill an infestation of stored product pests what is key
Instant freeze and length of time
What group of Beatles have a long snout (proboscis) with mouthparts and Antenna at the end
Weevils
What insects are in the order Isoptera
Termites
What helps termites digest wood
A protozoa in there gut
What is the most common termite species in the US
Eastern subterranean
Which termites swarm at night
Dark Western Drywood
light Western
and Formosan
What is the largest termite species
Damp wood
Beatles and boarers or in what order of insects
Coleoptera
What Beatle attacks hardwood only, creates hole 1/32 to 1/8 inch and leaves silky smooth frass without pellets
Lyctid beetle powder post
What insect leaves galleries in the wood that are smooth and without mud
Carpenter ants
Cockroaches have what kind of metamorphosis
Gradual
Why are German cockroaches so successful
High reproductive rate
carry egg
resistant to chemicals
What do brown banded cockroaches do with their eggs
Stick eggs too objects
What is a cockroach egg called
Ootheca
Cockroach nymphs are called what
Instars
Eggs per Ootheca
German 30-40 oriental -16 American - 14 Brown Banded 14-18 Smokey brown 20 - 28
What are carrion flies
Filth flies they feed on dead carcasses
How much does a mouse eat in a day
One 10th of an ounce of food
How much does a rat eat each day
1 to 2 1/2 ounces of food
What does a rat use its tail for
Balance and temperature control
What does commensal mean
To share food sharing one’s table
What mouse can carry hantavirus
White footed
How do anti-coagulant rodenticides affect rodents
Thin blood causing internal bleeding until dead
Is tuberculosis a rodent borne disease
No
How long does it take a Norway and roof rat to reach sexual maturity
Norway rat takes 8 to 12 weeks or three months
Roof rat similar less pups at birth
