What are parasites that can develop on only a few closely related host species called?
Correct answer D. Oligophagous parasites
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What is a parasite that can live on more than one host called?
Correct answer B. Facultative parasite
What type of parasites are mosquitoes and bed bugs?
Correct answer C. Intermittent parasites
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Which of the following are the best examples of predators?
Correct answer A. Dragonflies, aphid lions, lady bird beetles, flower beetles
What are parasites that need several different hosts to complete their development called?
Correct answer C. Heteroxenous parasites
What are insects that parasitise other insects called?
Correct answer A. Entomophagous parasites
What are insects that parasitise larger animals called?
Correct answer A. Zoophagous parasites
Which of these are methods of pest scouting?
Correct answer D. All of the above
What are the smaller, weaker or less intelligent organisms caught and eaten by a predator called?
Correct answer B. Prey
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What are organisms called that live in or on other living organisms and feed on them during at least one stage of their life?
Correct answer C. Parasites
Into which category of pesticide does zinc phosphide fall?
Correct answer C. Rodenticide
What is pest control through human regulation and legislation called?
Correct answer A. Regulatory method
What is the use of living organisms to reduce a pest population below the economic level called?
Correct answer B. Biological control
What is reducing pest numbers by using farming practices that make the environment unsuitable for pests called?
Correct answer B. Cultural control
What is the combined effect of environmental factors that keeps a pest population within certain limits over time called?
Correct answer D. Natural control
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What is a pest called when the damage it causes is only slight?
Correct answer C. Minor pest
What is an insect pest called that is regularly present during the growing season and causes economic damage to a crop?
Correct answer B. Key pest
What is a pest called that normally causes no significant damage but becomes harmful after injudicious use of chemicals?
Correct answer A. Secondary pest
The lowest pest population density that will cause economic damage is called?
Correct answer A. Economic injury level
A pest that harms a crop and causes a measurable loss in quality or quantity is known as what?
Correct answer D. Economic pest