LESSON 6 - PEST IDENTIFICATION Flashcards
1) Met__
1)__ refers to the way insects develop, grow, and change in form.
Metamorphosis
Gradual Metamorphosis has __ life stages.
1) E__ 2) Ny__ 3) Ad__
Gradual Metamorphosis life stages include 1)__, 2)__, and 3)__.
1) Egg
2) Nymph
3) Adult
1) Wi__ 2) Sm__
A nymph resembles a full-grown adult EXCEPT it lacks 1)__ and is 2)__ than a full-size adult.
1) Wings
2) Smaller
Complete Metamorphosis has __ life stages.
Four
1) Pu__ 2) Ad__
COMPLETE METAMORPHOSIS life stages consist of egg, larva, 1)__, and 2)__.
1) Pupa
2) Adult
Why are Beneficials beneficial?
Beneficial insects feed on harmful ones.
1) Pr__ 2) Pa__
Beneficials insects fall into two categories: 1)__ and 2)__
1) Predators
2) Parasitoids
Predators kill and consume the __ insect pest.
Entire
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.
1) Eggs
2) Habitat
1) Ce__ 2) Sa__
Piercing-Sucking Insects pierce the plant 1)__ and suck up plant 2)__ and fluid inside the cells.
1) Cell
2) Sap
1) So__ 2) Pe__
Aphids are 1)__-bodied 2)__ shaped insects.
1) Soft-Bodied
2) Pear
1) Co__ 2) Re__
Aphids distinguishing features include two short 1)__ or tubes extending from the 2)__ of the body.
1) Cornicles
2) Rear
Pi__
Aphids is a __-Sucking insect.
Piercing-Sucking Insect
Aphids excrete a large amount of unused plant sap called - __
Honeydew
Honeydew provides a good medium for the growth of sooty __ on the tops of leaves
Mold
1) Am__ Scales 2) So__ Scales 3) Me__bugs
Scales are divided into three groups:
1) __ scales
2) __ scales
3) __bugs
1) Armored Scales
2) Soft Scales
3) Mealybugs
Armored Scales secrete a __ covering over their bodies. – The scales live and feed under this covering
Waxy-Covering
Armored Scales offspring are called __
Crawlers
Fl__
Soft Scales secrete a waxy covering that looks like a thick - __ mass for protection and to enclose eggs.
Fluffy
Pr__
Mealybugs are soft-bodied and covered in powdery/cottony wax-like material.
Short wax __ extends from the margins of the body.
Projections
Whitefly Adults resemble tiny white __.
Moths
Whiteflies deposit eggs on the __ of leaves.
Undersides
Whiteflies secrete honeydew – resulting in sooty __ on plants.
Mold
Lacebugs are broad/flat insects that are __ in shape.
Rectangular
Lacebugs are gray or __ in color.
Brown
Lacebugs symptoms include skins, shiny black __ from excrement, brownish substances as protective coverings.
Stains
Thrips are small, elongate, and __ insects.
Cylindrical
Thrips produced __ or silvered leaves with necrotic spots.
Bleached
Thrips produce and leave behind varnishlike __ that collects on leaves.
Varnishlike Excrement
Spider Mites produce small __ spots on feeding sites.
Chlorotic
We__
Spider Mites causes the undersides of leaves to have silken __ spun across them.
Silken Webbing Spun across them.
Be__
Caterpillars produce frass (small dots of excrement) will be evident __ the affected leaves.
Beneath
Irr__
Grasshoppers produce an __ appearance on foliage.
Irregular
De__
Beetles have tough forewings that protect __ hindwings.
Delicate Hindwings
Beetles are under leaves, along stems, and __ the mulch surface.
Beneath the mulch surface
1) Mo__ 2) Be__
Borers are larvae of either 1)__ or 2)__.
1) Moths
2) Beetles
Wo__
Borers attack the trunk, stems, and barks of __ ornamental plants.
Woody
1) St__ 2) Ho__ 3) Sp__
Borers leave sap 1)__, 2)__ in bark, peeling or 3)__ bark areas.
1) Stains
2) Holes
3) Spongy
1) Fl__ 2) Be__ 3) Mo__
Leafminers are small larvae of 1)__, 2)__, or 3)__.
1) Flies
2) Beetles
3) Moths