Navmed P 5052-26, Us Navy Shipboard Pest Management

Front 1

What is the most commonly encountered pest aboard navy ships?

Back 1

German cockroach

Front 2

How often should the shipboard pest control specialist conduct a cockroach survey?

Back 2

Every two weeks in food service areas, and weekly until cockroaches are no longer present.

Front 3

What is spread just under the inside opening of
a jar trap to prevent cockroaches from leaving the container?

Back 3

Extremely thin layer of petroleum jelly

Front 4

Live cockroaches caught in
traps can be killed by spraying them
with?

Back 4

3% solution of dishwashing
detergent (in water)

Front 5

Preventive control strategies can reduce or eliminate most
cockroach infestations by denying cockroaches the __________?

Back 5

Basic requirements
for growth and survival

Front 6

What are the four key factors that support cockroach infestations and to which
cockroaches must be denied access?

Back 6

Food, water, warmth and
harborages.

Front 7

Actual treatment must be performed by?
.

Back 7

Certified shipboard pest control
specialists

Front 8

True/False
Do not make new holes for placement of void treatments.

Back 8

TRUE

Front 9

True/False
Bait stations should be placed
vertically.

Back 9

FALSE, should be placed horizontally

Front 10

Aboard submarines, berthing spaces are to be inspected
every other _____ by the ______ to ensure the compartment is free from
insects.

Back 10

Week
MDR

Front 11

When can residual crack and crevice pesticide treatment against cockroaches be used?

Back 11

Only when in port and able to ventilate outboard for at least 24 hours

Front 12

True/False
An infestation of one or more living or dead larvae of Trogoderma or other dermestid species shall be justification for condemnation of the lot.

Back 12

TRUE

Front 13

What are three examples of Medically Important SPPs?

Back 13

Dermestid beetles, the khapra beetles, and flour beetles

Front 14

Which medically important SPP can cause intestinal trauma, eye irritation, dermatitis and allergic reactions from the hairs on the outside of the larvae?

Back 14

Dermestid beetle

Front 15

What is the tolerance level of flour beetles per pound of flour?

Back 15

3 or more insects per pound for flour beetles
(7 or more insects per pound for most other insects)

Front 16

These insects appear as shiny, flattened, reddish-brown insects. The head and upper parts of the thorax are densely covered with minute pitting. The wing covers are
ridged lengthwise.

Back 16

Flour beetles

Front 17

The female flour beetle can lay an average of _____ eggs
in her lifetime.

Back 17

440

Front 18

The German cockroach spends approximately _____ percent of the time
in the harborage and the remaining _____ percent foraging within a few feet
of an established harborage.

Back 18

80%
20%

Front 19

This insect is a small, flattened, light brown
insect which can be easily identified by
the presence of two dark longitudinal
stripes behind the head.

Back 19

German Cockroach

Front 20

Name six Non-Medically Important SPPs.

Back 20

Saw-toothed grain beetle
Rice weevil
Indian meal moth
Cigeratte beetle
Drugstore beetle
Booklice (psocids)

Front 21

What is the most common SPP aboard ship?

Back 21

Saw-Toothed Grain Beetle

Front 22

This adult insect is slender, flat, and brown. It is easily recognized by the six sawtoothed-like projections on each side of the thorax.

Back 22

Saw-Toothed Grain Beetle

Front 23

The ____________ is considered to be one of the most destructive of the stored products pests, feeding on a variety of raw grains and grain products.

Back 23

Rice Weevil

Front 24

What adult insects are reddish-brown and have a long “beak” or ”snout” that extends out from the head and can be easily recognized by the presence of two yellowish or reddish spots on the top of each front wing?

Back 24

Rice Weevil

Front 25

What is the number one pest of dried fruits in storage?

Back 25

Indian Meal Moth

Front 26

These non medically important SPPs are capable of penetrating both polyethylene and paper packaging.

Back 26

Cigarette beetle

Front 27

This SPP is light-brown in color and appears rounded. The head is bent downward, giving the adult a hump-backed appearance.

Back 27

Cigarette Beetle

Front 28

This pest is very active and will eat almost anything. They can consume paper, wood, books and have little difficulty penetrating metal foil packaging.

Back 28

Drugstore beetle

Front 29

These SPPs are minute insects about the size of a pinhead and their preferred foods are molds and fungi.

Back 29

Booklice

Front 30

Conduct onboard inspections of all replenishments within how many hours of
receipt, including newly-acquired stored products transferred from supply ships at sea

Back 30

48 hours

Front 31

What type of inspection of packages should detect infestations of SPPs.

Back 31

Random inspection

Front 32

For offboard/onboard inspections, detailed procedures are provided in _________?

Back 32

MILSTD-904B

Front 33

The Jack-of-the-Dust, Cargo-
King, or other personnel
responsible for maintaining the
storage space should conduct
__________ storage inspections.

Back 33

Biweekly

Front 34

What are the requirements for submitting adult moth
specimens?

Back 34

They should be submitted dry in vials without alcohol, or carefully placed into folded postage envelopes.

Front 35

Whether a dry or alcohol-filled vial is used for specimens, what is placed in each end of the vial to prevent movement of the specimens during mailing or hand delivery?

Back 35

Soft tissue (cotton may entangle specimen)

Front 36

When reporting infestations of SPPs, what must be submitted along with labeled specimen samples?

Back 36

Completed DD Form 1222

Front 37

Products require disposal when insects are found within
inspected packages, as follows:

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-One or more dermestid
larvae/adults per lot
-Three or more flour beetle larvae/adults per pound of product
-Seven or more of any other
insects per pound of product

Front 38

Fumigation aboard ship is
conducted only under special
circumstances and requires the approval of?

Back 38

Navy Medical Entomologist

Front 39

True/False
Never spray aerosols directly on packaging.

Back 39

TRUE

Front 40

This rat is also known as “ship rat,” or “black
rat” and probably originated
in Southeast Asia.

Back 40

Roof rat

Front 41

This rat was the carrier of bubonic plague during
the “Black Death” of the 14th century, which killed a third of Europe’s population.

Back 41

Roof rat

Front 42

This rat is also called the “common rat,” “brown rat,”
“water rat,” “wharf rat,” or “sewer rat,” and
probably originated from Central Asia.

Back 42

Norway rat

Front 43

This rat is associated with diseases such as tularemia, spotted fever and bubonic plague.

Back 43

Norway rat

Front 44

Rat guards must be mounted with the point of the cone toward the ship on all tending lines, at least ______ from
the pier and greater than ______ from the ship.

Back 44

6 feet
2 feet

Front 45

These insects are oval shaped/flat blood-sucking insects that feed on sleeping hosts.

Back 45

Bed bugs

Front 46

These insects are occasional pests in food service and berthing areas.

Back 46

Fruit flies

Front 47

These insects are called “humpbacked flies.” They are active, dark flies, smaller than 1/8" and develop in any type of decaying organic material.

Back 47

Phorid flies

Front 48

These insects are less than 5mm in size and can be
occasional pests in heads and galleys aboard naval vessels.

Back 48

Drain flies