Urban Ento Exam Study Guide

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Silverfish and Firebrats thrive best in locations that are:

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Warm and Damp

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The egg capsule of cockroaches is called:

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Ootheca

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Adult Indian Meal Moths and Clothes Moths can be distinguished by:

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The wings: Indian meal moths are pale grey with outer portion of forewing being reddish brown. Clothes Moths have uniform pale yellowish to light gold color wings.

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Springtails are

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Insects found in damp locations in and around buildings

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Bedbugs:

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are pests of humans, domestic animals, bats, and wild birds.

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German Cockroaches:

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Have nymphs and adults which have two pairs of parallel lines on the pronotum

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Cockroaches can best be controlled by:

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Using an IPM approach that combines good sanitation, insecticides, bait stations, and sticky traps.

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The following biological control agents are used for cockroaches:

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Metahizium anisopliae

Entomopathogenic nematodes

egg parasites (Camperia merceti)

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Clothes Moths and Carpet Beetles :

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are not closely related, but feed upon the same type of food

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Carpet Beetles:

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Larvae and adults have different feeding habits

Adults may be found indoors or out

adults are attracted to light