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In Missouri, which category must a private applicator first be certified in before adding any additional private applicator category such as soil fumigation or aerial?
- Category 7 - Structural Pest Control
- Category 20 - General Agricultural Pest Control
- Category 1 - Agricultural Pest Control
- Category 13 - Aerial Pest Control
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Missouri requires private applicators to obtain Category 20 (General Agricultural Pest Control) certification before becoming certified in any additional private applicator category, such as soil fumigation or aerial. (2 CSR 70-25.140(2))🔗 Source
A home has widespread, inaccessible drywood termite infestations throughout its framing and is scheduled for whole-structure (tent) fumigation. Which active ingredient is the fumigant used for this treatment, and what limitation must the applicator account for afterward?
- Borate (disodium octaborate), which leaves a long-lasting residual barrier in the treated wood
- Fipronil, applied as a continuous soil barrier that prevents re-entry for years
- Imidacloprid foam, which remains active in the galleries to stop future colonies
- Sulfuryl fluoride, which leaves no residual, so the structure is not protected against future re-infestation
- Pyrethrin aerosol, which provides a knockdown plus a several-month residual film
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A technician finds an active termite colony confined entirely within a wooden window frame on the second floor of a house, with no mud tubes anywhere on the foundation and no connection to the soil. This biology is most consistent with which termite group?
- Drywood termites, which nest in the wood itself and do not require contact with soil or the ground
- Subterranean termites, which must maintain a connection to soil moisture
- Formosan subterranean termites, which build carton nests in soil
- Dampwood termites, which require continuously water-saturated wood in ground contact
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During an inspection, an applicator finds small piles of distinctively six-sided fecal pellets on a windowsill beneath tiny holes in the wood above. These pellets are the diagnostic sign of which pest?
- Powderpost beetles, which leave fine flour-like dust
- Drywood termites, which push their six-sided fecal pellets out through kick-out holes
- Subterranean termites, which leave pellets inside their mud tubes
- Carpenter ants, which leave coarse fibrous sawdust
- Carpenter bees, which leave sawdust below round entrance holes
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