EPP 411 - Exam 2 UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Common wood boring bark beetles - CORRECT ANSWER -southern pine beetle
-4, 5, 6 spined Ips engraver beetles
-Turpentine beetle
-Eastern pine weevil
-Southern sawyer beetle
Types of Curculionidae - CORRECT ANSWER -weevils
-bark and ambrosia beetles
-engraver beetles
3 main families of wood-boring bark beetles in Coleoptera - CORRECT ANSWER -
Curculionidae (bark beetles and weevils)
-Buprestidae (jewel beetles)
-Cerambycidae (long-horned beetles)
What is an insect? - CORRECT ANSWER 1) six legs
2) three body segments
3) one pair of compound eyes
4) one pair of antennae
5) most adults have wings
Who is Jesse Webster? - CORRECT ANSWER Forester with GSMNP
Chestnut was used from ______________ to ______________. - CORRECT ANSWER Cradle
to grave.
Items chestnut was used for and why - CORRECT ANSWER construction, posts and railroad
ties, furniture, musical instruments. Because it was relatively light and resistant to decay.
, backcrossing - CORRECT ANSWER Hybridization breeding program, in Jesse's lecture was
being used to work toward resistant varieties
Cause of "ghost" Fraser firs - CORRECT ANSWER Balsam woolly adelgid
List some pests of GMSNP that Jesse Webster mentioned - CORRECT ANSWER -Balsam
woolly adelgid
-Hemlock woolly adelgid
-Emerald ash borer
-Spongy moth
-Southern pine beetle
What was Bugzilla? - CORRECT ANSWER A movie style poster that Jesse Webster showed of
Bugzilla (Laribobius beetle) fighting woolly adelgid.
What is the importance of hemlock trees in the park? - CORRECT ANSWER -Foundational
tree
-Only shade tolerant conifer
-moderates stream temps and hydrological cycles
-no replacement
-lives 500-600 years
How did spongy moth get to US? - CORRECT ANSWER Frenchman Trouvelot brought them
to Massachusetts and some got out. He reported, but no one cared until it was too late.
What are monitoring and control methods for spongy moth? - CORRECT ANSWER Use Delta
traps (with pheromones), Bt, and public outreach and education like firewood quarantines
What are some pest management tactics being used in GSMNP per Jesse Webster? - CORRECT
ANSWER insecticides, biological controls, and public education/outreach programs
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Common wood boring bark beetles - CORRECT ANSWER -southern pine beetle
-4, 5, 6 spined Ips engraver beetles
-Turpentine beetle
-Eastern pine weevil
-Southern sawyer beetle
Types of Curculionidae - CORRECT ANSWER -weevils
-bark and ambrosia beetles
-engraver beetles
3 main families of wood-boring bark beetles in Coleoptera - CORRECT ANSWER -
Curculionidae (bark beetles and weevils)
-Buprestidae (jewel beetles)
-Cerambycidae (long-horned beetles)
What is an insect? - CORRECT ANSWER 1) six legs
2) three body segments
3) one pair of compound eyes
4) one pair of antennae
5) most adults have wings
Who is Jesse Webster? - CORRECT ANSWER Forester with GSMNP
Chestnut was used from ______________ to ______________. - CORRECT ANSWER Cradle
to grave.
Items chestnut was used for and why - CORRECT ANSWER construction, posts and railroad
ties, furniture, musical instruments. Because it was relatively light and resistant to decay.
, backcrossing - CORRECT ANSWER Hybridization breeding program, in Jesse's lecture was
being used to work toward resistant varieties
Cause of "ghost" Fraser firs - CORRECT ANSWER Balsam woolly adelgid
List some pests of GMSNP that Jesse Webster mentioned - CORRECT ANSWER -Balsam
woolly adelgid
-Hemlock woolly adelgid
-Emerald ash borer
-Spongy moth
-Southern pine beetle
What was Bugzilla? - CORRECT ANSWER A movie style poster that Jesse Webster showed of
Bugzilla (Laribobius beetle) fighting woolly adelgid.
What is the importance of hemlock trees in the park? - CORRECT ANSWER -Foundational
tree
-Only shade tolerant conifer
-moderates stream temps and hydrological cycles
-no replacement
-lives 500-600 years
How did spongy moth get to US? - CORRECT ANSWER Frenchman Trouvelot brought them
to Massachusetts and some got out. He reported, but no one cared until it was too late.
What are monitoring and control methods for spongy moth? - CORRECT ANSWER Use Delta
traps (with pheromones), Bt, and public outreach and education like firewood quarantines
What are some pest management tactics being used in GSMNP per Jesse Webster? - CORRECT
ANSWER insecticides, biological controls, and public education/outreach programs
