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• The cockroach that requires the most control effort is . Answer: German
• American cockroaches like an environment that is . Answer: warm, moist
• Australian cockroaches have . Answer: light markings on their wings
• Cockroaches need _________ to be successful. . Answer: Food, moisture, and
harborage
• Oriental cockroaches prefer a ___________ environment . Answer: Moist
• Brownbanded cockroaches prefer a ____________ environment . Answer: Warm
• Smokybrown cockroaches prefer a ___________ environment . Answer: Moist
• German cockroaches have _______________ . Answer: Two stripes on their
thorax
• In which location do pest cockroaches tend to travel? . Answer: Along edges of
walls
• Which cockroach species become most active in the middle of the dark cycle? .
Answer: Brownbanded
• What is the most common indoor pest cockroach species? . Answer: German
• Ants are closely related to termites . Answer: False
• The ant species that nests in wood is the ___________ . Answer: Carpenter ant
• Fire ant nest in wall voids . Answer: False
• The ant life cycle consists of ________________ . Answer: Eggs, Larvae, pupae,
adults
, • ants found inside a structure always come from a colony that is located inside .
Answer: False
• Ants forage for _______ to sustain themselves and the colony . Answer:
Honeydew, greases, sugars and insects
• What is the type of habitat where the southern house mosquito develops? .
Answer: Nutrient rich standing water
• What is the type of habitat where soldier flies develops? . Answer: Manure
• What is the type of habitat where eye gnats develops? . Answer: Decaying
vegetation in fields
• What is the type of habitat where flesh flies develops? . Answer: Animal
Carcasses
• What is the family name for the house fly? . Answer: Muscidae
• What is the family name for the fleshflies? . Answer: Sarcophagidae
• Describe the two types of nesting habits of yellowjackets. . Answer: Several
species of yellowjackets make suspended aerial nests.
They attach a paper comb of cells to a structure or plant limb and construct a paper
envelope around it. These combs are enlarged, and tiers are added as the colony
grows.
The envelope is also enlarged to accommodate growth. A common example of this
yellowjacket group is the bald laced hornet.
Many other species nest in the ground and start the first paper comb of cells in an
existing hole; later, they add combs and enlarge the hole.
Several species make nests in wall voids and attics of structures.
• Describe the nesting habits of paper wasps, Polistes . Answer: Species of Polistes,
the paper wasps, attach a single paper comb of cells to a structure of plant twigs.
This comb is enlarged around the edge but additional tiers are not added nor is it
covered by a paper envelope.
• Describe the nesting habits of mud dauber wasps . Answer: Mud daubers are
nonsocial wasps with fertile, single queens that gather mud and construct cells
attached to structures. These females sting and paralyze spiders and place them in