GEORGIA WDO EXAMINATION SHEET 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔This wood destroying beetle leaves 1/8 to 3/8 Inch diameter round shaped exit holes
in wood - ✔✔Bostrichidae
✔✔This wood destroying beetle leaves 1/4 to 3/8 Inch diameter oval shaped exit holes
in wood - ✔✔Cerambycidae - OHBs
✔✔This wood destroying beetle leaves 1/16 to 1/32 Inch diameter round shaped exit
holes in wood - ✔✔Lyctidae
✔✔This wood destroying beetle leaves 1/8 to 1/16 Inch diameter round shaped exit
holes in wood - ✔✔Anobiidae
✔✔This powder post beetles digest cellulose - ✔✔Anobiidae
✔✔The larva of this wood destroying beetle has 3 ocelli on either side of the mouth
parts when viewed from in front of the head - ✔✔Cerambycidae - OHBs only
✔✔This wood destroying Beetle leaves dark frass When it exits from small round exit
holes - ✔✔Scolytidae
✔✔This wood destroying beetle feeds primarily on new softwood, but can also infest old
softwood. It does not infest hardwoods - ✔✔Cerambycidae- OHB only
✔✔This large wood destroying beetle leaves course and fibrous frass in tunnels -
✔✔Cerambycidae- All others except OHB
✔✔This wood destroying beetle leaves flat hole exit holes that are 1/32 to 1/2 inch in
diameter - ✔✔Buprestidae
✔✔Old House Borer - ✔✔Cerambycidae
✔✔True Powder Post Beetle - ✔✔Lyctidae
✔✔False powder post beetle - ✔✔Bostrichidae
✔✔Long Horned Borer - ✔✔Cerambycidae
✔✔Bark beetle - ✔✔Scolytidae
, ✔✔Metallic wood border - ✔✔Buprestidae
✔✔Furniture beetle and deathwatch beetle - ✔✔Anobiidae
✔✔Round headed border - ✔✔Cerambycidae
✔✔Flat headed bored - ✔✔Buprestidae
✔✔Ambrosia beetle - ✔✔Scolytidae and platypodidae
✔✔These powder post beetles usually attack wood that is high in starch content -
✔✔Lyctidae
✔✔These powder post beetles usually attack wood that has 13% to 30% in moisture
content - ✔✔Anobiidae
✔✔The lifecycle of this wood destroying beetle is from 8 to 12 years - ✔✔Cerambycidae
✔✔The lifecycle of this wood destroying beetle may be as many as 25 to 30 years or
more - ✔✔Buprestidae
✔✔The bamboo borer - ✔✔Bostrichidae
✔✔Oval to round exit holes that are 1/4 to 1/2 inch diameter round or oval exit holes
with brass that is Saul dust like or fibrous - ✔✔Cerambycidae- all others except OHBs
✔✔This wood destroying beetle larva feeds on a fungus and is not a reinfesting wood
boring beetles - ✔✔Scolytidae and platypodidae
✔✔This wood destroying beetle makes fingerlike galleries under bark and does not
damage structural wood - ✔✔Scolytidae
✔✔These two beetles might attack new hardwood in a home - ✔✔Bostrichidae and
lyctidae
✔✔These two beetles might attack old softwood in a home - ✔✔Anobiidae and
cerambycidae
✔✔These round exit holes, usually less than 1/16 of an inch in diameter, are stained
steel gray to dark blue or black in color - ✔✔Scolytidae and platypodidae
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔This wood destroying beetle leaves 1/8 to 3/8 Inch diameter round shaped exit holes
in wood - ✔✔Bostrichidae
✔✔This wood destroying beetle leaves 1/4 to 3/8 Inch diameter oval shaped exit holes
in wood - ✔✔Cerambycidae - OHBs
✔✔This wood destroying beetle leaves 1/16 to 1/32 Inch diameter round shaped exit
holes in wood - ✔✔Lyctidae
✔✔This wood destroying beetle leaves 1/8 to 1/16 Inch diameter round shaped exit
holes in wood - ✔✔Anobiidae
✔✔This powder post beetles digest cellulose - ✔✔Anobiidae
✔✔The larva of this wood destroying beetle has 3 ocelli on either side of the mouth
parts when viewed from in front of the head - ✔✔Cerambycidae - OHBs only
✔✔This wood destroying Beetle leaves dark frass When it exits from small round exit
holes - ✔✔Scolytidae
✔✔This wood destroying beetle feeds primarily on new softwood, but can also infest old
softwood. It does not infest hardwoods - ✔✔Cerambycidae- OHB only
✔✔This large wood destroying beetle leaves course and fibrous frass in tunnels -
✔✔Cerambycidae- All others except OHB
✔✔This wood destroying beetle leaves flat hole exit holes that are 1/32 to 1/2 inch in
diameter - ✔✔Buprestidae
✔✔Old House Borer - ✔✔Cerambycidae
✔✔True Powder Post Beetle - ✔✔Lyctidae
✔✔False powder post beetle - ✔✔Bostrichidae
✔✔Long Horned Borer - ✔✔Cerambycidae
✔✔Bark beetle - ✔✔Scolytidae
, ✔✔Metallic wood border - ✔✔Buprestidae
✔✔Furniture beetle and deathwatch beetle - ✔✔Anobiidae
✔✔Round headed border - ✔✔Cerambycidae
✔✔Flat headed bored - ✔✔Buprestidae
✔✔Ambrosia beetle - ✔✔Scolytidae and platypodidae
✔✔These powder post beetles usually attack wood that is high in starch content -
✔✔Lyctidae
✔✔These powder post beetles usually attack wood that has 13% to 30% in moisture
content - ✔✔Anobiidae
✔✔The lifecycle of this wood destroying beetle is from 8 to 12 years - ✔✔Cerambycidae
✔✔The lifecycle of this wood destroying beetle may be as many as 25 to 30 years or
more - ✔✔Buprestidae
✔✔The bamboo borer - ✔✔Bostrichidae
✔✔Oval to round exit holes that are 1/4 to 1/2 inch diameter round or oval exit holes
with brass that is Saul dust like or fibrous - ✔✔Cerambycidae- all others except OHBs
✔✔This wood destroying beetle larva feeds on a fungus and is not a reinfesting wood
boring beetles - ✔✔Scolytidae and platypodidae
✔✔This wood destroying beetle makes fingerlike galleries under bark and does not
damage structural wood - ✔✔Scolytidae
✔✔These two beetles might attack new hardwood in a home - ✔✔Bostrichidae and
lyctidae
✔✔These two beetles might attack old softwood in a home - ✔✔Anobiidae and
cerambycidae
✔✔These round exit holes, usually less than 1/16 of an inch in diameter, are stained
steel gray to dark blue or black in color - ✔✔Scolytidae and platypodidae
