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Household Pest Control AR Exam with accurate detailed answers || || || || || || || ||
Red imported fire ants: red - ✔✔Non-chemical control: keep lawn short
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Chemical control: 2-step process (1. broadcast bait insecticide over entire infested area, 2.
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treat individual mounds no sooner than 7 days after baited)
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Argentine ants: light to dark brown with legs that are lighter - ✔✔Non-chemical control:
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seal cracks, keep area clean, control moisture, trim foliage
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Chemical control: Residual insecticide, then bait and outside perimeter barrier
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Odorous house ants: brown to black in color - ✔✔Non-chemical control: seal cracks,
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general sanitation, seal food items
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Chemical control: you must locate all of the nests then bait then boric acid dust in void
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areas outside ground floor walls and perimeter
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Pharaoh ants: reddish-gold - ✔✔Non-chemical control: clear roof debris, seal cracks
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Chemical control: bait and exclusion (spraying causes groups to break off and form new
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colonies, budding) ||
Acrobat ants: light brown to black, sometimes mulitcolored; heart shaped abdoment -
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✔✔Non-chemical control: control moisture, clear brush/shrubs/limbs away from structure,
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seal cracks
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Chemical control: direct inject in the wood home, wettable powder or microencapsulated
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formulation
Cockroaches - ✔✔Do not necessarily cause disease, but their feces, cast skin, and body
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parts are among the primary causes of allergies among sensitive people
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Cockroach control is a five step process... - ✔✔1. Prevention
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2. Identification
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3. Inspection
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4. Non-chemical strategies (exclusion, sanitation)
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5. Chemical control (baits, growth regulators, liquids, aerosols, etc.
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German cockroaches (the most common/dreaded) - ✔✔Pale brown>tan with two dark
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stripes directly behind their head
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Non-chemical control: sanitation, remove food/water, seal cracks/crevices
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Chemical control: baits with proper placement, insect growth regulators (IGR)
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Smokybrown cockroach (Palmetto bugs) - ✔✔Smoky brown|| || || || || ||
Non-chemical control: seal cracks/crevices, screen vents, trim branches away from home
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Chemical control: Microencapsulated or wettable powder for perimeter/barrier; targeted
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bait applications are best for long term
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Household Pest Control AR Exam with accurate detailed answers || || || || || || || ||
Red imported fire ants: red - ✔✔Non-chemical control: keep lawn short
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Chemical control: 2-step process (1. broadcast bait insecticide over entire infested area, 2.
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treat individual mounds no sooner than 7 days after baited)
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Argentine ants: light to dark brown with legs that are lighter - ✔✔Non-chemical control:
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seal cracks, keep area clean, control moisture, trim foliage
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Chemical control: Residual insecticide, then bait and outside perimeter barrier
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Odorous house ants: brown to black in color - ✔✔Non-chemical control: seal cracks,
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general sanitation, seal food items
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Chemical control: you must locate all of the nests then bait then boric acid dust in void
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areas outside ground floor walls and perimeter
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Pharaoh ants: reddish-gold - ✔✔Non-chemical control: clear roof debris, seal cracks
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Chemical control: bait and exclusion (spraying causes groups to break off and form new
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colonies, budding) ||
Acrobat ants: light brown to black, sometimes mulitcolored; heart shaped abdoment -
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✔✔Non-chemical control: control moisture, clear brush/shrubs/limbs away from structure,
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seal cracks
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Chemical control: direct inject in the wood home, wettable powder or microencapsulated
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formulation
Cockroaches - ✔✔Do not necessarily cause disease, but their feces, cast skin, and body
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parts are among the primary causes of allergies among sensitive people
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Cockroach control is a five step process... - ✔✔1. Prevention
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2. Identification
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3. Inspection
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4. Non-chemical strategies (exclusion, sanitation)
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5. Chemical control (baits, growth regulators, liquids, aerosols, etc.
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German cockroaches (the most common/dreaded) - ✔✔Pale brown>tan with two dark
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stripes directly behind their head
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Non-chemical control: sanitation, remove food/water, seal cracks/crevices
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Chemical control: baits with proper placement, insect growth regulators (IGR)
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Smokybrown cockroach (Palmetto bugs) - ✔✔Smoky brown|| || || || || ||
Non-chemical control: seal cracks/crevices, screen vents, trim branches away from home
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Chemical control: Microencapsulated or wettable powder for perimeter/barrier; targeted
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bait applications are best for long term
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