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SC General and Structural Pest Control 7A Exam
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Five Types of Ants in South Carolina that cause most
problems - Answer-1. Red Imported Fire Ants
2. Argentine Ants
3. Odorous House Ants
4. Pharaoh Ants
5. Acrobat Ants
Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta) - Answer--
Redish-Brown
- 1/16 to 1/4 of an inch
- Extremely Aggressive
- Workers are different sizes (Polymorphic)
- Prefers open areas, yards, school playgrounds, athletic
fields, campgrounds, and golf courses
- Sometimes nest in gas and water meter boxes, air
conditioners, and other electrical equipment
- Follow pipes into structures
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Red Imported Fire Ant Control - Answer--Non-chemical
control- lawn cut short
- Chemical control is best option
- Best achieved with two step process:
1. Broadcast a bait
2. Treat individual mounds with an approved mound
drench, granule, aerosol, or dust insecticide
(individual mounds should be treated no sooner than 7
days after baits are applied
Argentine Ants - Answer-- Do not sting
- 1/16 of an inch, they are tiny
- light brown to dark brown
- Legs lighter in color
- Multiple Queen colonies, house a few hundred to a few
thousand workers
- Usually mate in the nest, so winged swarmers are rare
- Indoors, usually located in moist places or near food
- Outside, usually under rocks, along sidewalks, under
plants, they like to climb bushes and trees
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- Prefer food like syrup and sugar
Argentine Ant Control - Answer-Non-Chemical
- Keep cracks and crevices caulked, general sanitation,
keep food containers tightly sealed
Chemical-
- Locate all the nests
- Treat with a residual insecticide is very effective
- Follow with baiting program and perimeter treatment for
effective control
Odorous House Ants - Answer-- Extremely common, infest
more places in US than argentine
- Brown to black, 1/16 to 1/8 inch
- Workers are all the same size (monomorphic)
- Mate both inside and outside the colony, swarmers
usually appear from May to July.
- Like to nest in wall voids around hot water pipes and
heaters, like to build nest in crevices around sinks and
cupboards
- Prefer sweet food
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- Enter buildings when their honeydew is depleted, when
weather is rainy, or during fall when leaves are falling.
Odorous House Ant Control - Answer-Non-Chemical
- Cracks and Crevices Caulked
- General Sanitation
- Food items tightly sealed to keep out of structures
Chemical Control
- Locate all nests
- Can often follow trail of foraging workers from food to find
nests
- Baiting usually required, boric acid dust in void areas of
outside ground-void areas of outside ground-floor walls
along with a perimeter treatment is effective
Pharaoh Ants - Answer-- Capable of getting into anything
- Almost always established inside structures
- Tiny reddish-gold ant, 1/16 in
- Workers all same size
- Males are winged
SC General and Structural Pest Control 7A Exam
||Verified Exam!!|| Most Recent Exam Actual Complete
Real Exam Questions And Correct Answers (Verified
Answers) Already Graded A+ || Newest Exam!!!
Five Types of Ants in South Carolina that cause most
problems - Answer-1. Red Imported Fire Ants
2. Argentine Ants
3. Odorous House Ants
4. Pharaoh Ants
5. Acrobat Ants
Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta) - Answer--
Redish-Brown
- 1/16 to 1/4 of an inch
- Extremely Aggressive
- Workers are different sizes (Polymorphic)
- Prefers open areas, yards, school playgrounds, athletic
fields, campgrounds, and golf courses
- Sometimes nest in gas and water meter boxes, air
conditioners, and other electrical equipment
- Follow pipes into structures
,2|Page
Red Imported Fire Ant Control - Answer--Non-chemical
control- lawn cut short
- Chemical control is best option
- Best achieved with two step process:
1. Broadcast a bait
2. Treat individual mounds with an approved mound
drench, granule, aerosol, or dust insecticide
(individual mounds should be treated no sooner than 7
days after baits are applied
Argentine Ants - Answer-- Do not sting
- 1/16 of an inch, they are tiny
- light brown to dark brown
- Legs lighter in color
- Multiple Queen colonies, house a few hundred to a few
thousand workers
- Usually mate in the nest, so winged swarmers are rare
- Indoors, usually located in moist places or near food
- Outside, usually under rocks, along sidewalks, under
plants, they like to climb bushes and trees
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- Prefer food like syrup and sugar
Argentine Ant Control - Answer-Non-Chemical
- Keep cracks and crevices caulked, general sanitation,
keep food containers tightly sealed
Chemical-
- Locate all the nests
- Treat with a residual insecticide is very effective
- Follow with baiting program and perimeter treatment for
effective control
Odorous House Ants - Answer-- Extremely common, infest
more places in US than argentine
- Brown to black, 1/16 to 1/8 inch
- Workers are all the same size (monomorphic)
- Mate both inside and outside the colony, swarmers
usually appear from May to July.
- Like to nest in wall voids around hot water pipes and
heaters, like to build nest in crevices around sinks and
cupboards
- Prefer sweet food
, 4|Page
- Enter buildings when their honeydew is depleted, when
weather is rainy, or during fall when leaves are falling.
Odorous House Ant Control - Answer-Non-Chemical
- Cracks and Crevices Caulked
- General Sanitation
- Food items tightly sealed to keep out of structures
Chemical Control
- Locate all nests
- Can often follow trail of foraging workers from food to find
nests
- Baiting usually required, boric acid dust in void areas of
outside ground-void areas of outside ground-floor walls
along with a perimeter treatment is effective
Pharaoh Ants - Answer-- Capable of getting into anything
- Almost always established inside structures
- Tiny reddish-gold ant, 1/16 in
- Workers all same size
- Males are winged
