WI Pesticides Applicator 5.0 Exam Questions and Answers(GRADED A+)

Wisconsin high rainfall woodlands, lakes, streams, and diverse ecology provides substantial breeding habitat for how many different mosquitos species ____ and about how many of them from a nuisance disease standpoint____. - ANSWER-55 Mosquitoes species in the state of Wisconsin, and 10 species are nuisance/ diseased. Mosquitoes four distinct stages of development are during their life cycle: - ANSWER-Egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The adult mosquitoes is and adult form of what? - ANSWER-Adult mosquitoes is a flying terrestrial stage and the other stages are found in the water, except some species that deposit eggs on moist soil or other structures subsequent to flooding. Eggs of a mosquitoes - ANSWER-About 1/25 of an inch long, normally light in color when first laid and turns dark/brown in 24 hours, with hatching in about 3 days. Mosquito Larvae or Plural - ANSWER-Known as a wiggler, and they pass through 4 developmental stages called instars. Aedes Triseriatus also referred to Ochlerotatus Triseriatus - ANSWER-The Tree-hole mosquito, that breeds in old tires, tin cans, barrels, and holes, and stumps. Females lay eggs above waterline and several generations can occur each year, This species in the main vector of La Crosse encephalitis. Females will feed in the day but remain near woodlots or close by infested tires. Aedes Vexans - ANSWER-Is the most common pest in the State of WI from late spring though late fall. Called the Inland floodwater mosquito. Larvae can be found in roadsides puddles, woodland pools, shallow, open, temporary pools, and river bottoms. Breed during wet years and most survive the winter and dry periods in the egg stage.