1. What challenge was highlighted as one of the biggest emerging issues for pest control in the future?

2. According to the presentation, why is accurate pest detection increasingly important?

3. The presentation describes insects as “laser-focused sensors.” What does this refer to?

4. Which term describes the movement of an organism in response to a chemical stimulus?

5. What are semiochemicals in the context of pest detection?

6. In the bed bug example discussed in the presentation, what type of odour attracts a hungry bed bug to its host?

7. Why are aggregation-based attractants used in bed bug monitoring devices?

8. Why is it recommended that bed bug monitoring devices using aggregation attractants are placed near the head of the bed?

9. According to the presentation, what is one key advantage of scent-enabled pest monitoring technologies?

10. How can scent science and AI together help pest control professionals manage pest unpredictability?