7F Mosquito Control Study Guide – Questions/Answers
A female mosquito takes a blood meal to: ✔️Ans - Produce eggs.
The three main body parts of an adult mosquito are: ✔️Ans - Head,
abdomen and thorax.
Mosquito larvae are typically found in: ✔️Ans - Shallow and still or
stagnant water.
The genus of mosquito having palps roughly as long as the proboscis is:
✔️Ans - Anopheles.
Mosquito larvae breathe: ✔️Ans - Through respiratory openings near
the tip of the abdomen.
Some mosquitoes lay their eggs: ✔️Ans - On damp soil.
The number of mosquito species in MI is approximately: ✔️Ans - Sixty
(60).
A mosquito goes through four stages of development: ✔️Ans - Egg, larva,
pupa and adult.
The three classes of MI mosquitoes, based on breeding sites, are: ✔️Ans -
Floodwater, permanent water and container/tree hole mosquitoes.
Insects that are often confused with mosquitoes are: ✔️Ans - Midges.
The human age group most likely to have severe symptoms for La Crosse
encephalitis (CE group) are: ✔️Ans - Children.
A "dead end host" is one that: ✔️Ans - Is outside of the natural
transmission cycle of the virus.
SLE and WN disease are caused by viruses that have a natural transmission
cycle involving several species of: ✔️Ans - Wild birds.
, Which of the following mosquito species is primarily responsible for
transmitting the West Nile virus? ✔️Ans - Culex pipiens.
The natural transmission cycle of La Crosse virus involves mostly: ✔️Ans
- Small mammals and Aedes triseriatus.
The most important mosquito-borne diseases in MI are caused by: ✔️Ans
- Viruses.
Heartworm infection in dogs in MI is vectored by: ✔️Ans - More than
25% of the mosquito species in MI.
EEE is a mosquito-transmitted virus that causes a severe central nervous
system disease in: ✔️Ans - Horses and humans.
Jamestown Canyon virus affects what animal, causing the continued growth
of the virus? ✔️Ans - Deer, specifically white-tailed deer. Isolated
primarily from woodland Aedes mosquitoes.
If human malaria resurfaced in MI, which mosquito group would you target
for control? ✔️Ans - Anopheles.
EEE virus: ✔️Ans - Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Spread through wild
birds to humans and horses.
SLE virus: ✔️Ans - St. Louis Encephalitis. Spread through wild birds to
humans.
WN virus: ✔️Ans - West Nile. Spread through wild birds to humans.
Mosquito surveys can be used to determine: ✔️Ans - Relative abundance
of important disease vectors in an area.
Landing collections determine primarily: ✔️Ans - Biting activity.
The two types of resting stations are utilized in mosquito surveillance:
✔️Ans - Natural and artificial.
Most adult mosquitoes are active: ✔️Ans - Dawn and dusk.
A female mosquito takes a blood meal to: ✔️Ans - Produce eggs.
The three main body parts of an adult mosquito are: ✔️Ans - Head,
abdomen and thorax.
Mosquito larvae are typically found in: ✔️Ans - Shallow and still or
stagnant water.
The genus of mosquito having palps roughly as long as the proboscis is:
✔️Ans - Anopheles.
Mosquito larvae breathe: ✔️Ans - Through respiratory openings near
the tip of the abdomen.
Some mosquitoes lay their eggs: ✔️Ans - On damp soil.
The number of mosquito species in MI is approximately: ✔️Ans - Sixty
(60).
A mosquito goes through four stages of development: ✔️Ans - Egg, larva,
pupa and adult.
The three classes of MI mosquitoes, based on breeding sites, are: ✔️Ans -
Floodwater, permanent water and container/tree hole mosquitoes.
Insects that are often confused with mosquitoes are: ✔️Ans - Midges.
The human age group most likely to have severe symptoms for La Crosse
encephalitis (CE group) are: ✔️Ans - Children.
A "dead end host" is one that: ✔️Ans - Is outside of the natural
transmission cycle of the virus.
SLE and WN disease are caused by viruses that have a natural transmission
cycle involving several species of: ✔️Ans - Wild birds.
, Which of the following mosquito species is primarily responsible for
transmitting the West Nile virus? ✔️Ans - Culex pipiens.
The natural transmission cycle of La Crosse virus involves mostly: ✔️Ans
- Small mammals and Aedes triseriatus.
The most important mosquito-borne diseases in MI are caused by: ✔️Ans
- Viruses.
Heartworm infection in dogs in MI is vectored by: ✔️Ans - More than
25% of the mosquito species in MI.
EEE is a mosquito-transmitted virus that causes a severe central nervous
system disease in: ✔️Ans - Horses and humans.
Jamestown Canyon virus affects what animal, causing the continued growth
of the virus? ✔️Ans - Deer, specifically white-tailed deer. Isolated
primarily from woodland Aedes mosquitoes.
If human malaria resurfaced in MI, which mosquito group would you target
for control? ✔️Ans - Anopheles.
EEE virus: ✔️Ans - Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Spread through wild
birds to humans and horses.
SLE virus: ✔️Ans - St. Louis Encephalitis. Spread through wild birds to
humans.
WN virus: ✔️Ans - West Nile. Spread through wild birds to humans.
Mosquito surveys can be used to determine: ✔️Ans - Relative abundance
of important disease vectors in an area.
Landing collections determine primarily: ✔️Ans - Biting activity.
The two types of resting stations are utilized in mosquito surveillance:
✔️Ans - Natural and artificial.
Most adult mosquitoes are active: ✔️Ans - Dawn and dusk.
