Entomology Exam 2 flashcards

How are exotic species introduced

By problems we bring upon ourselves

How are exotic species dealt with

USDA Quarantine inspection

How many exotic species have been introduced into US so far

At least 2,000

How many of the exotic species introduced into US so far have become pests

More than half

At least 1 new pest species every __  years

3

Example of exotic species from Africa

Mediterranean fruit fly (Tephritid)

What exotic species was introduced somewhere from North America

red-headed ash borer

4 categories of pests are

nuisance pests, domestic pests (fiber, structural, stored product, plant-feeding pests, and medical/veterinary

Example of a Nuisance pest from Asia

The golden silk orb-weaver

Nuisance pest in America

Mayflies

Nuisance pest that has/causes reflex bleeding

Multicolored Asian lady beetle

How many species of corn pests are there

200

How many species of apple pests are there

400

3 examples of structural domestic pests

Termites, carpenter ants, and carpenter bees

3 sections of domestic pests

stored product, fiber, structural

2 fiber domestic pests

Clothes moths and Dermestid beetles

Stored product pest that was found with Ancient Egypt King Tutankhamum (1361 – 1352 BC)

Beetle pests

Domestic stored product pest that carries pathogens (salmonella, staphylococcus, streptococcus)

Cockroaches

What pathogens do cockroaches carry

salmonella, staphylococcus, and streptococcus

How much damage do insect pests cause per year on agriculture

> $3 billion/year

How much damage do insecticides cause per year on agriculture

> $8 billion/year

Plant-feeding pest from the Old World

The desert locust

 A plant-feeding pest native US species that went extinct in late 1800s

The rocky mountain locust

Parasite that causes itchy welts

The bed bug

parasite that transmits epidemic typus (a rickettsial pathogen)

The human body louse

The human body louse transmits what epidemic

epidemic typus (a rickettsial pathogen)

What parasite is caused by “Intimate contact”

Pubic, or crab louse

What parasite is a nit and hard to remove

Head lice

What are Med/vet pests

“commensal” relationship with face mites

Pest that is Native to Asia, discovered in PA in 1998 and causes damage to apples

Brown marmorated stink bug