LESSON 6 - PEST IDENTIFICATION Flashcards

1
Q

1) Met__

1)__ refers to the way insects develop, grow, and change in form.

A

Metamorphosis

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2
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Gradual Metamorphosis has __ life stages.

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3
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1) E__ 2) Ny__ 3) Ad__

Gradual Metamorphosis life stages include 1)__, 2)__, and 3)__.

A

1) Egg
2) Nymph
3) Adult

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4
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1) Wi__ 2) Sm__

A nymph resembles a full-grown adult EXCEPT it lacks 1)__ and is 2)__ than a full-size adult.

A

1) Wings
2) Smaller

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5
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Complete Metamorphosis has __ life stages.

A

Four

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6
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1) Pu__ 2) Ad__

COMPLETE METAMORPHOSIS life stages consist of egg, larva, 1)__, and 2)__.

A

1) Pupa
2) Adult

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7
Q

Why are Beneficials beneficial?

A

Beneficial insects feed on harmful ones.

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8
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1) Pr__ 2) Pa__

Beneficials insects fall into two categories: 1)__ and 2)__

A

1) Predators
2) Parasitoids

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9
Q

Predators kill and consume the __ insect pest.

A

Entire

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10
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1) Eg__ 2) Ha__

Parasitoids lay 1)__ inside the host insect, on the insect, or somewhere in the host 2)__. The eggs hatch into larvae that slowly feed on the pest.

A

1) Eggs
2) Habitat

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11
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1) Ce__ 2) Sa__

Piercing-Sucking Insects pierce the plant 1)__ and suck up plant 2)__ and fluid inside the cells.

A

1) Cell
2) Sap

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12
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1) So__ 2) Pe__

Aphids are 1)__-bodied 2)__ shaped insects.

A

1) Soft-Bodied
2) Pear

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13
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1) Co__ 2) Re__

Aphids distinguishing features include two short 1)__ or tubes extending from the 2)__ of the body.

A

1) Cornicles
2) Rear

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14
Q

Pi__

Aphids is a __-Sucking insect.

A

Piercing-Sucking Insect

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15
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Aphids excrete a large amount of unused plant sap called - __

A

Honeydew

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16
Q

Honeydew provides a good medium for the growth of sooty __ on the tops of leaves

A

Mold

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17
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1) Am__ Scales 2) So__ Scales 3) Me__bugs

Scales are divided into three groups:

1) __ scales
2) __ scales
3) __bugs

A

1) Armored Scales
2) Soft Scales
3) Mealybugs

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18
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Armored Scales secrete a __ covering over their bodies. – The scales live and feed under this covering

A

Waxy-Covering

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19
Q

Armored Scales offspring are called __

A

Crawlers

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20
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Fl__

Soft Scales secrete a waxy covering that looks like a thick - __ mass for protection and to enclose eggs.

A

Fluffy

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21
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Pr__

Mealybugs are soft-bodied and covered in powdery/cottony wax-like material.

Short wax __ extends from the margins of the body.

A

Projections

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22
Q

Whitefly Adults resemble tiny white __.

A

Moths

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23
Q

Whiteflies deposit eggs on the __ of leaves.

A

Undersides

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24
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Whiteflies secrete honeydew – resulting in sooty __ on plants.

A

Mold

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25
Q

Lacebugs are broad/flat insects that are __ in shape.

A

Rectangular

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26
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Lacebugs are gray or __ in color.

A

Brown

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27
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Lacebugs symptoms include skins, shiny black __ from excrement, brownish substances as protective coverings.

A

Stains

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28
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Thrips are small, elongate, and __ insects.

A

Cylindrical

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29
Q

Thrips produced __ or silvered leaves with necrotic spots.

A

Bleached

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30
Q

Thrips produce and leave behind varnishlike __ that collects on leaves.

A

Varnishlike Excrement

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31
Q

Spider Mites produce small __ spots on feeding sites.

A

Chlorotic

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32
Q

We__

Spider Mites causes the undersides of leaves to have silken __ spun across them.

A

Silken Webbing Spun across them.

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33
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Be__

Caterpillars produce frass (small dots of excrement) will be evident __ the affected leaves.

A

Beneath

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34
Q

Irr__

Grasshoppers produce an __ appearance on foliage.

A

Irregular

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35
Q

De__

Beetles have tough forewings that protect __ hindwings.

A

Delicate Hindwings

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36
Q

Beetles are under leaves, along stems, and __ the mulch surface.

A

Beneath the mulch surface

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37
Q

1) Mo__ 2) Be__

Borers are larvae of either 1)__ or 2)__.

A

1) Moths
2) Beetles

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38
Q

Wo__

Borers attack the trunk, stems, and barks of __ ornamental plants.

A

Woody

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39
Q

1) St__ 2) Ho__ 3) Sp__

Borers leave sap 1)__, 2)__ in bark, peeling or 3)__ bark areas.

A

1) Stains
2) Holes
3) Spongy

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40
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1) Fl__ 2) Be__ 3) Mo__

Leafminers are small larvae of 1)__, 2)__, or 3)__.

A

1) Flies
2) Beetles
3) Moths

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41
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Be__

Leafminers feed __ the upper and lower leaf surfaces.

A

Between

42
Q

1) Tr__ 2) Bl__

Serpentine Leafminers leave winding 1)__ in leaves.

Blotch Leafminers produce a blotch or 2)__ on leaves.

A

1) Trails
2) Blisters

43
Q

Tu__

Southern Chinch Bugs are Piercing-Sucking Insects that attack __.

A

Turfgrass

44
Q

St.__

Southern Chinch Bug is the most important pest of __ Grass

A

St. Augistinegrass

45
Q

1) Hi__ 2) Th__

Southern Chinch Bugs prefer 1)__ temperatures and 2)__ grass.

A

1) Higher
2) Thicker

46
Q

SOUTHERN CHINCH BUGS symptoms are GROWING yellowish to brownish patches around 1)__ and poorly 2)__ areas.

A

1) Sidewalk
2) Irrigated

47
Q

1) Ro__ 2) Sh__

Ground Pearls attach to 1)__ and enclose themselves in a globular 2)__.

A

1) Roots
2) Shells

48
Q

The biggest sign of Ground Pearls is emptied - wax spherical __ of the insect.

A

Covering

49
Q

Spittlebugs are black with 2 Orange Stripes across their __.

A

Wings

50
Q

Spittlebug Nymphs are surrounded by a mass of white __ for protection.

A

Frothy Spittle

51
Q

Sa__

Damage from spittlebugs is caused by the injection of toxic __ during feeding.

A

Toxic Saliva

52
Q

1) Pu__ 2) Cu__

Spittlebug damage includes 1)__ colored streaks on grass and 2)__ yellowed blades.

A

1) Purple
2) Curled

53
Q

Damage from Sod Webworms begins in small patches of __-clipped grass.

A

Short-clipped

54
Q

Fall Armyworms grow into adult __

A

Moths

55
Q

Fall Armyworms have a light-colored “__” on a dark head.

A

“Y”

56
Q

Feeding for Fall Armyworms occurs over __ areas and not only in patches.

A

Large

57
Q

__ Crickets are the most serious pest of turfgrass in Florida

A

Mole

58
Q

Mole Crickets tunnel and feed on __.

A

Roots

59
Q

White Grubs feed on __.

A

Roots

60
Q

1) Su__ 2) Fa__

Damage from White Grubs is most pronounced during late 1)__ and early 2)__.

A

1) Summer
2) Fall

61
Q

1) Cir__ 2) Ba__

Cutworm symptoms appear as 1)__ spots of dead grass or 2)__ marks that look like ball marks.

A

1) Circular
2) Ball

62
Q

di__

Disease is a sustained __ of the plant cycle.

A

Disturbance

63
Q

A pathogen is a __ causing agent.

A

Disease

64
Q

1) Sus__ Ho__ 2) Co__ En__ 3) Pa__

What are the three components of the Disease Triangle?

A

1) Susceptible Host
2) Conductive Enviorment
3) Pathogen

65
Q

1) Ch__ 2) Va__

Fungi lack 1)__ and 2)__ tissue.

A

1) Chlorophyll
2) Vascular

66
Q

Saprophytes are fungi that decompose __ matter.

A

ORGANIC

67
Q

What is the most common sign of fungal disease?

A

Leaf Spotting

68
Q

Bacteria is __-shaped

A

Rod-Shaped

69
Q

Bacteria move inside cells and __ cell walls so cell contents can be utilized.

A

Degrade

70
Q

Viruses only multiply and survive in __ cells.

A

LIVING

71
Q

Fungi or Algae does/does not contain chlorophyll?

A

Fungi - Does NOT

Algae - DOES

72
Q

Sod Webworm larvae turn it into small tan to gray __.

A

Moths

73
Q

1) De__ 2) So__

Mole Crickets reduce turfgrass 1)__ and leave patches of bare 2)__.

A

1) Density
2) Soil

74
Q

White Grubs makes turf turn a __ color or produce dead spots due to lack of roots.

A

Yellowish

75
Q

Cutworms 1)__ in the ground and emerge at 2)__ to chew on grass blades.

A

1) Burrow
2) Night

76
Q

Hunting Billbugs have a __ looking apperance.

A

Weevil

77
Q

Stems and Rhizomes have __ feeding marks and do not hold together when affected by Hunting Billbugs.

A

Hunting Billbugs

78
Q

Fungi germinates and enters the host – __ then develops and extracts nutrients from plant cells.

A

Hyphae

79
Q

1) Wo__ 2) Op__

Bacteria enters plants only through 1)__ or natural 2)__ in the plant.

A

1) Wounds
2) Openings

80
Q

Viruses cause mosaic __ and streaking on leaves.

A

Patterns

81
Q

1) Bl__ 2 Fu__

Algae appears as raised 1)__ or spots on leaf surfaces. Sometimes appear 2)__ or velvety.

A

1) Blotches
2) Fuzzy

82
Q

1) Ba__ 2) Ph__

Phytoplasmas are 1)__ parasites that reside in plant 2)__ tissue.

A

1) Bacterial
2) Phloem

83
Q

1) Ho__ 2) Ve__

Phytoplasms can only be maintained in plant 1)__ and insect 2)__.

A

1) Hosts
2) Vectors

84
Q

1) Ca__ 2) Ap__

The clearest symptom when dealing with Phytoplasmas is yellowing or browning of the 1)__ and finally death of the 2)__ meristem.

A

1) Canopy
2) Apical

85
Q

Ha__

A __ is an organ that penetrates the host and forms a vascular union between plants.

A

Haustorium

86
Q

1) Fl__ 2) Se__

Parasitic Plants can produce 1)__ and reproduce by 2)__.

A

1) Flowers
2) Seeds

87
Q

Ch__

Parasitic Plants can not produce their own __.

A

Chlorophyll

88
Q

Blights are larger leaf __.

A

Spots

89
Q

1) Tu__ 2) Ma__

Galls are 1)__ or 2)__.

A

1) Tumors
2) Masses

90
Q

1) Su__ 2) St__

Cankers are 1)__ lesions must often found on 2)__.

A

1) Sunken
2) Stems

91
Q

1) Wa__ 2) Gr__

Bacterial Infections produced a 1)__-soaked symptoms abnd take on a dark and 2)__ apperance.

A

1) Water-Soaked
2) Greasy

92
Q

Rotting of Seedlings as they emerge from the soil is called __ Off.

A

Dropping Off

93
Q

1) Mo__ 2) In__

Viral Infections results in a 1)__ on the color of leaves and shortened 2)__ that make the plant look squat.

A

1) Moltting
2) Internodes

94
Q

1) St__ 2) En__

Nematoads use a 1)__ to peirce and inject 2)__ into the host cells before feeding on partially digested cell contents.

A

1) Stylet
2) Enzymes

95
Q

Nematoads primarily infect __ function.

A

Root

96
Q

Nematoads that feed outside the plant are called __ Nematoads.

A

Ectoparasitic

97
Q

Nematoads that feed inside the plant are called __ Nematoads.

A

Endoparasitic

98
Q

A key aboveground symptom of Nematoads is a faliure of the plant to respond normally to __ or other beneficial measures.

A

Fertilizers

99
Q

1) Ro__ 2) Ga__

Belowground symptoms of Nematoads abnormally short or rotted 1)__ – and 2)__ caused by Root-Knot Nematoads.

A

1) Roots
2) Galls

100
Q

__ is a weed classification that results in weed leaf blades having parallel veins that are long and alternate on each side of the stem.

A

Grasses

101
Q

1) Tr__ 2) Th__

Sedges have 1)__ shaped stems and long leaves extending in 2)__ directions.

A

1) Triangular
2) Three

102
Q

1) Va__ 2) Fl__

Broadleaves are highly 1)__ but do have showy 2)__ and net vegitation in leaves of varying shapes and sizes.

A

1) Variable
2) Flowers