New Ga Test Termite Flashcards

1
Q

Fungus Treatment Commercial

A

Vents 15 Li Ft/3 sides if not 4 on 70% Plastic sheet

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2
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Fungus Treatment Private Residences

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At least 1 Vent each side or 3 sides and 70% Plastic Sheet

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3
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Termite Treatment porches

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beside house 4 gal 10 linear feet

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4
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Termite Treatment along slab

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4 Gal 10 linear feet One feet deep

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5
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F looting slab

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12 in holes/ long rods not to exceed 20 feet

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6
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Brick

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2 Gal 10 linear feet

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7
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Block walls

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2 Gal 10 Linear feet

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8
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Under Slab P retreat

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1 gal every 10 SQ FT

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9
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Dry wood no worker class

A

Gradual Metamorphosis/ egg,nymph,adult/nymph feed colony

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10
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Termites Order

A

Isoptera

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11
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Mud Tubes

A

Allows for fungi growth for food ( protein & vitamins Controls moisture/ Concealment

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12
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Termite Antennae

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Straight, beaded

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13
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Termite Wings

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If present equal in size & shape/held flat over body at rest

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14
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Termite preferred Soil

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Loose sandy soil

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15
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Termites life

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10 to 30 years

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16
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Sub termite colony size

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55,000 to 5 million/ Average of 300,000

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17
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Formosan sub termites size

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1 to 7 million members

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18
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Queens can produce

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1,000 eggs a day

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19
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floor to ground

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18 in minim

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20
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Drywood termites pellets

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hard with 6 distinct flattened concavely depressed sides , rounded ends

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21
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sub termite workers

A

feed the colony

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22
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Drywood termites eat

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across grain

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23
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Communications in Colony

A

sound-vibrations/ pheromones

24
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Termite Protozoans

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single-celled animals in gut breaks down cellulose to digestible substances.

25
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Beetle Order

A

Coleoptera

26
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Beetle Metamorphosis

A

Complete Metamorphosis

27
Q

Old house borers attracts ? Type Wood

A

Softwoods/ less than 10 years old

28
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Old house borer exit hole size

A

Oval 1/4 to 3/8

29
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Fiber saturation point

A

25 to 28

30
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Anobiid Power Post Beetles Wood

A

softwoods Like pine

31
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Growth requirements Fungi

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Air/food-cellulose-lignin from cell walls attack starches-sugars-fats-proteins in cells

32
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Single most important fungi item

A

Moisture

33
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White rot wood

A

More common in hardwoods

34
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Sub. termites requires

A

ground contact

35
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Dry wood termites swarm

A

Late evening or at night

36
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Formosan swarm

A

at dusk & are attracted to light

37
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Sub Termites swarm

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Early part of the day/ attracted to light

38
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Nymphs and workers

A

responsible for damage to wood

39
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Lyctid powder post beetle type wood

A

hard woods/ like oak,maple,hickory

40
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lycid PPB life cycle

A

1 to 3 years

41
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old house borers type wood

A

less than 10 years old

42
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old house house borers life cycle

A

3 to 12 years

43
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old house borers wood eating effects

A

eat with a ripple pattern

44
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wood decay fungi attacks

A

cell walls of wood causing weaken

45
Q

surface molds do not damage wood but grow at what moisture level

A

20% moisture/ lower than 20% will not grow

46
Q

White pocket rot attacks

A

only live trees

47
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White rot type of wood attracts

A

hardwoods/ consume both lignin and cellulose from cells/

48
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Brown rot

A

wood fractures

49
Q

Dry-woods infest

A

undecayed wood

50
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Drywood location

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Coastal regions/So. Calf.

51
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Drywood Termite size

A

larger than Sub Ter.

52
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Drywood swarm when

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Fall months

53
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Formosan swarm

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at dusk & are attracted to light

54
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Sub. Termite swarm when

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spring can swarm year around inside.

55
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all Termite swarms are

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attracted to light