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In which pest control category does Florida law prohibit the department from issuing an emergency pest control certificate?
- General household pest control
- Lawn and ornamental pest control
- Termites and other wood-destroying organisms pest control
- Fumigation
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Emergency certificates are available in most categories, but the statute expressly bars them in the fumigation category (s. 482.111(9)).🔗 Source
Under Florida law, who is authorized to perform fumigation of a structure?
- Any identification cardholder employed by a licensed business
- A special identification cardholder, or a certified operator certified in the fumigation category, acting under the direction of the certified operator in charge
- Any holder of a limited certification for private-property application
- Any employee who has completed 5 days of field training
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Section 482.151 limits fumigation to special identification cardholders or to certified operators certified in fumigation, and requires them to act only under the direction and supervision of the certified operator in charge.🔗 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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