Stored Food Pests

Question 1

1. Internal feeders feed and develop within the grain?
   a) True
   b) False

Answer 1

a. True

Question 2

2. An Angoumois grain moth is larger than a Mediterranean flour moth?
   a) True
   b) False

Answer 2

b. False

Question 3

3. Confused flour beetles look similar to red flour beetles. Which one can fly?
   a) Confused
   b) Red Flour

Answer 3

b. Red Flour

Question 4

4. Lesser grain beetles will also bore into items like books or wood?
   a) True
   b) False

Answer 4

a. True

Question 5

5. Which weevil has wings and can fly?
   a) Rice
   b) Granary

Answer 5

a. rice

Question 6

6. Which moth has grayish wings with distinctive coppery wing tips?
   a) Indian meal moth
   b) Mediterranean flour moth
   c) Angoumois grain moth
   d) All the above

Answer 6

a. Indian meal moth

Question 7

7. Drugstore beetles closely resemble which other beetle?
   a) Cigarette
   b) Warehouse beetle
   c) Red flour beetle
   d) Lesser grain beetle

Answer 7

a. Cigarette

Question 8

8. Which moth is mainly a night flier and flies in a zigzag pattern?
   a) Mediterranean
   b) Angoumois grain moth
   c) Indian meal moth
   d) Case webbing moth

Answer 8

c. Indian meal moth

Question 9

9. A Mediterranean flour moth leaves silken threads in food which form dense mats?
   a) True
   b) False

Answer 9

a. True

Question 10

10. To control food pests, you should remove infested food, clean thoroughly, do a crack & crevice treatment and
    if needed, use a spray product to knock down adults?
    a) True
    b) False

Answer 10

a. True

Question 11

11. Which beetle has six saw-like projections on each side of its thorax?
    a) Granary weevil
    b) Lesser grain beetle
    c) Rice weevil
    d) Saw-toothed grain beetle

Answer 11

d. Saw-toothed grain beetle

Question 12

12. Mediterranean flour moths feed on flour, nuts, chocolate, beans and dried fruits?
    a) True
    b) False

Answer 12

a. True

Question 13

13. Pet food and bird seeds may be infested by stored food pest?
    a) True
    b) False

Answer 13

a. True

Question 14

14. When checking for stored food pest, you never have to worry about factory sealed packages?
    a) True
    b) False

Answer 14

b. False

Question 15

15. Confused flour, red flour, saw-toothed beetles and Mediterranean flour moths are external feeders?
    a) True
    b) False

Answer 15

b. False

Question 16

16. Mediterranean flour moths have pale grey wings with wavy black lines and a 1 inch wingspan?
    a) True
    b) False

Answer 16

a. True

Question 17

17. Warehouse beetles are blackish-brown, have 3 distinctive wavy light brown bands and can fly?
    a) True
    b) False

Answer 17

a. True

Question 18

18. Which beetle is an important pest of tobacco?
    a) Drugstore
    b) Lesser grain
    c) Cigarette
    d) Saw-toothed

Answer 18

c. Cigarette

Question 19

19. Which of these beetles is an external feeder?
    a) Rice weevil
    b) Lesser grain beetle
    c) Red flour beetle
    d) Drugstore beetle

Answer 19

d. Drugstore beetle

Question 20

20. An Angoumois grain moth is small, has yellowish-white and pale front wings and its hind wings are pointed?
    a) True
    b) False

Answer 20

a. True