APPLICATION/TREAMTENTS
An application limited to 8' x 3", 1" x 2" or any other variations of such
What is a spot treatment?
The 5-Step process used by Terminix employees to solve any pest problem
What is Situational Pest Management?
The type of metamorphosis that flies go through
What is complete metamorphosis ?
[Egg, Larva, Pupa, Adult]
The stomach of an ant colony
What are the ant larvae?
The smallest space a termite can travel through
What is 1/16th of an inch?
The most common piece of application equipment
What is a CAS? [compressed air sprayer]
("B&G")
Caution, Warning, Danger
What are the 3 signal words found on a pesticide label?
Beetle that primarily attacks hardwoods
What is the Lyctid Beetle ?
This technique places the product where the pest lives, out of reach of people/pets. This is more effective and are designed to reduce surface residues & exposure to pesticides.
What are crack and crevice treatments?
TRUE/FALSE: Soldiers make up the majority of the colony
FALSE [workers make up the majority of the colony]
The proper air pressure used to make a crack and crevice treatment with a compressed air sprayer
What is 3-5 PSI?
[Low Pressure] approx 20psi for genera, spot or fan spray treatments
The 3 most common species of cockroaches found in NC
What are german, smokey brown and american?
Urban cockroach species that glues their egg capsules to surfaces hidden in harborages.
What is the Smokey Brown ?
A group of pesticides designed to disrupt development of insects -- by affecting molting/maturation
What are insect growth regulators [IGR's]?
The 3 characteristics used to differentiate between swarming ants and termites
What are wing length, antennae shape and waist shape?
For this equipment type, expanding gas propels the liquid insecticide in all directions rather than shooting a straight line like a CAS would do
What are canned pressurized liquid insecticides?
[NOT the same as an aerosol]
The most common stored product pest
What is an indianmeal moth?
Chemicals that mimic natural chemicals produced by members of the same species --- used to communicate with each other
What are pheromones?
The figure used to determine how long you hold your application equipment open -- over a determined amount of area
What is the Flow Rate ?
the specialized groups in a subterranean termite colony that perform specific functions
What are castes?
TRUE/FALSE for Tick treatments: Apply Demand CS from ground level up to six feet high into tick “Questing” locations in the transition areas.
FALSE: Apply Demand CS from ground level up to FIVE ft high
Two of the ant species most common to NC, that have polymorphic workers
What are Carpenter Ants & Fire Ants ?
An organism, typically a biting insect or tick, that transmits a pathogen, disease OR parasite from one host to another
What is a vector?
Harm or illness caused by a single exposure to a pesticide
What is an acute exposure?
What are protozoa?