1. The most important urban fly sources are:
Snails.
Garbage cans.
Pet droppings.
Compost piles.
2. House fly larvae (Musca domestica) have spiracles that are:
Absent.
"O"-shaped.
Ringed by projections.
"D"-shaped.
3. Eggs of domestic flies are quite susceptible to:
Predation.
Ovicides.
Drying.
All of the above.
4. House fly larvae usually are not found in:
Fresh undisturbed cattle droppings.
Man-made sources.
Cannery wastes.
5. Green blow flies belong to the genus:
Musca.
Phaenicia (now Lucilia).
Stomoxys.
Drosophila.
6. Important sources for the black blow fly (Phormia regina) are:
Vegetables and cannery waste.
Manure and fresh cattle droppings.
Grass clippings and fresh cut alfalfa.
Carcasses and garbage dumps.
7. Important sources for the stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) are:
Vegetable and cannery wastes.
Poultry and cattle manure.
Fresh cattle droppings.
Decaying plant material and animal manure.
8. Screened, fly-tight poultry houses may develop:
Daily manure removal problems.
Residual fly larvae.
Maintenance problems with screens.
Secondary pest problems, mainly rats.
9. The best source of information on fly control is:
Prevention and Community Corrections Board.
The US Environmental Protection Agency.
The local hardware store.
The UC Cooperative Extension Service.
10. Coned chicken manure can provide habitat for:
Face fly larvae.
Fly predators and parasites.
Muskrats.
None of the above.
11. Fly production can be reduced or eliminated in poultry manure when the manure is:
Placed in fly-tight storage.
Composted properly.
Quickly dried.
12. Flies have a life cycle consisting of:
Egg, larva, pupa, adult.
Egg, nymph, adult.
Egg, larva, nymph, adult.
Egg, larva, protonymph, pre-adult, adult.
13. Culled fruit to be disposed of should be:
Spot dumped where cattle can feed on it.
Spread thinly, dried, and disked under.
Made into wine.
14. Exclusion as a method of fly control would include:
Trapping.
Space sprays of insecticides.
Field disking.
Screening.
15. A dark brown fly larva having a flattened body armed with many spines, and usually found in poultry manure, but also in grass clippings, garbage, and carrion is the:
Little house fly (Fannia canicularis).
House fly (Musca domestica).
False stable fly (Muscinca stabulans).
Black blow fly (Phormia regina).