Define a pest “population”
Group of interbreeding individuals more or less separated from other individuals by time and space
What structural pests are most likely to form pesticide resistance?
cockroaches, house flies, bed bugs, fleas
What characteristics generally lead to pesticide resistance?
Non-social species that produce lots of offspring, have multiple generations per year, and are isolated enough so that most of the individuals in a population are exposed to insecticide pressure.
Do different botanical insecticides have the same MOA? list 2 examples of botanicals.
No. Nicotine and Pyrethrin. They are both botanicals but have different MOAs. Nicotine blocks the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in nerves. Pyrethrin affect the sodium channels in nerve axons.